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Most graduate degrees, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2020 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000
01Clay County, SDSD15,03122.4%+5.0 pts
02Brookings County, SDSD37,63515.8%+3.4 pts
03Faulk County, SDSD2,17813.8%+11.6 pts
04Stanley County, SDSD3,01812.5%+6.7 pts
05Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.6%+4.5 pts
06Lincoln County, SDSD77,14511.6%+5.3 pts
07Union County, SDSD17,40211.5%+2.7 pts
08Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.2%+3.2 pts
09Lawrence County, SDSD29,45911.2%+4.0 pts
10Hughes County, SDSD17,57010.9%+3.0 pts
11Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69110.4%+3.6 pts
12Brown County, SDSD37,5619.9%+3.7 pts
13Hyde County, SDSD1,1919.3%+5.7 pts
14Lake County, SDSD10,9938.9%+3.3 pts
15McCook County, SDSD5,9648.7%+4.6 pts
16Beadle County, SDSD19,6248.0%+4.8 pts
17Meade County, SDSD30,7117.5%+2.7 pts
18Custer County, SDSD9,4317.3%+0.3 pts
19Fall River County, SDSD7,4677.3%+0.3 pts
20Jones County, SDSD9137.1%+3.5 pts
21Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2847.0%+3.9 pts
22Gregory County, SDSD4,0377.0%+4.1 pts
23Brule County, SDSD5,2786.9%+2.5 pts
24Davison County, SDSD20,0696.7%+1.1 pts
25Walworth County, SDSD5,2176.6%+3.9 pts
26Potter County, SDSD2,3776.6%+3.3 pts
27Moody County, SDSD6,6326.6%+2.0 pts
28Turner County, SDSD9,3146.4%+2.5 pts
29Jerauld County, SDSD1,6546.1%+2.8 pts
30Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2445.9%+1.8 pts
31Sanborn County, SDSD2,3885.8%+2.9 pts
32Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4135.8%+2.5 pts
33Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.8%+2.5 pts
34McPherson County, SDSD2,3475.7%+3.2 pts
35Butte County, SDSD10,8565.5%+2.6 pts
36Todd County, SDSD8,8635.4%+0.8 pts
37Grant County, SDSD7,5345.4%+1.2 pts
38Perkins County, SDSD2,8535.3%+1.8 pts
39Day County, SDSD5,4845.2%+1.9 pts
40Spink County, SDSD6,1555.2%+1.7 pts
41Marshall County, SDSD4,4265.1%+1.6 pts
42Codington County, SDSD29,5625.1%+0.3 pts
43Dewey County, SDSD5,4195.1%+1.8 pts
44Lyman County, SDSD3,6945.1%+1.0 pts
45Aurora County, SDSD2,8015.0%+2.3 pts
46Tripp County, SDSD5,7084.9%+2.4 pts
47Hanson County, SDSD3,4564.8%+2.0 pts
48Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004.7%+0.9 pts
49Douglas County, SDSD2,8884.5%+0.8 pts
50Deuel County, SDSD4,4084.5%+1.0 pts
51Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3034.4%+1.2 pts
52Hand County, SDSD3,1214.3%+1.3 pts
53Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3384.3%–
54Roberts County, SDSD10,2554.0%+0.3 pts
55Harding County, SDSD1,3313.7%+2.8 pts
56Clark County, SDSD4,0313.7%+1.6 pts
57Sully County, SDSD1,4793.7%+0.3 pts
58Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.6%+0.5 pts
59Miner County, SDSD2,2813.2%+0.9 pts
60Corson County, SDSD3,7813.0%+1.4 pts
61Jackson County, SDSD2,6662.8%−0.7 pts
62Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.7%+0.8 pts
63Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892.6%−0.3 pts
64Campbell County, SDSD1,3772.5%−0.0 pts
65Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021.5%+0.3 pts
66Haakon County, SDSD1,8021.0%−2.5 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS