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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 (2023 ACS). This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Clay County, SDSD15,03122.4%+28%

02Brookings County, SDSD37,63515.8%+28%

03Faulk County, SDSD2,17813.8%+509%

04Stanley County, SDSD3,01812.5%+115%

05Yankton County, SDSD23,63511.6%+63%

06Lincoln County, SDSD77,14511.6%+85%

07Union County, SDSD17,40211.5%+31%

08Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.2%+40%

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,45911.2%+56%

10Hughes County, SDSD17,57010.9%+38%

11Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69110.4%+54%

12Brown County, SDSD37,5619.9%+59%

13Hyde County, SDSD1,1919.3%+154%

14Lake County, SDSD10,9938.9%+59%

15McCook County, SDSD5,9648.7%+114%

16Beadle County, SDSD19,6248.0%+144%

17Meade County, SDSD30,7117.5%+56%

18Custer County, SDSD9,4317.3%+4%

19Fall River County, SDSD7,4677.3%+4%

20Jones County, SDSD9137.1%+98%

21Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2847.0%+123%

22Gregory County, SDSD4,0377.0%+143%

23Brule County, SDSD5,2786.9%+57%

24Davison County, SDSD20,0696.7%+19%

25Walworth County, SDSD5,2176.6%+144%

26Potter County, SDSD2,3776.6%+101%

27Moody County, SDSD6,6326.6%+43%

28Turner County, SDSD9,3146.4%+62%

29Jerauld County, SDSD1,6546.1%+84%

30Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2445.9%+45%

31Sanborn County, SDSD2,3885.8%+96%

32Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4135.8%+75%

33Edmunds County, SDSD4,0225.8%+75%

34McPherson County, SDSD2,3475.7%+130%

35Butte County, SDSD10,8565.5%+88%

36Todd County, SDSD8,8635.4%+18%

37Grant County, SDSD7,5345.4%+28%

38Perkins County, SDSD2,8535.3%+52%

39Day County, SDSD5,4845.2%+56%

40Spink County, SDSD6,1555.2%+48%

41Marshall County, SDSD4,4265.1%+47%

42Codington County, SDSD29,5625.1%+6%

43Dewey County, SDSD5,4195.1%+54%

44Lyman County, SDSD3,6945.1%+24%

45Aurora County, SDSD2,8015.0%+85%

46Tripp County, SDSD5,7084.9%+96%

47Hanson County, SDSD3,4564.8%+71%

48Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004.7%+23%

49Douglas County, SDSD2,8884.5%+20%

50Deuel County, SDSD4,4084.5%+30%

51Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3034.4%+36%

52Hand County, SDSD3,1214.3%+44%

53Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3384.3%–

54Roberts County, SDSD10,2554.0%+8%

55Harding County, SDSD1,3313.7%+297%

56Clark County, SDSD4,0313.7%+77%

57Sully County, SDSD1,4793.7%+9%

58Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.6%+18%

59Miner County, SDSD2,2813.2%+37%

60Corson County, SDSD3,7813.0%+89%

61Jackson County, SDSD2,6662.8%−20%

62Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.7%+43%

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,3892.6%−11%

64Campbell County, SDSD1,3772.5%−1%

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021.5%+26%

66Haakon County, SDSD1,8021.0%−71%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES