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South Dakota Counties by Bachelor's Degree or Higher

Share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Educational attainment is strongly correlated with income levels and economic growth.

All 66 counties ranked by Bachelor's Degree or Higher, from highest to lowest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Counties Bachelor's Degree or Higher ↓
1 Kingsbury County, South Dakota 72.7%
2 Custer County, South Dakota 72.2%
3 Day County, South Dakota 68.5%
4 Jones County, South Dakota 55.4%
5 Haakon County, South Dakota 55.1%
6 Clay County, South Dakota 46.0%
7 Fall River County, South Dakota 44.4%
8 Lincoln County, South Dakota 42.5%
9 Tripp County, South Dakota 40.1%
10 Lake County, South Dakota 34.7%
11 Minnehaha County, South Dakota 34.6%
12 Lawrence County, South Dakota 34.1%
13 Hamlin County, South Dakota 31.7%
14 Walworth County, South Dakota 31.1%
15 Moody County, South Dakota 31.0%
16 Brule County, South Dakota 30.2%
17 Grant County, South Dakota 29.8%
18 Campbell County, South Dakota 29.5%
19 McCook County, South Dakota 28.7%
20 Jackson County, South Dakota 27.4%
21 Stanley County, South Dakota 26.9%
22 Meade County, South Dakota 26.9%
23 Brookings County, South Dakota 26.4%
24 Beadle County, South Dakota 26.4%
25 Hand County, South Dakota 26.2%
26 Hyde County, South Dakota 26.1%
27 Hutchinson County, South Dakota 25.7%
28 Lyman County, South Dakota 25.3%
29 Corson County, South Dakota 25.3%
30 Charles Mix County, South Dakota 25.1%
31 Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota 23.7%
32 Potter County, South Dakota 23.3%
33 Douglas County, South Dakota 22.9%
34 McPherson County, South Dakota 22.4%
35 Marshall County, South Dakota 22.4%
36 Yankton County, South Dakota 21.6%
37 Hanson County, South Dakota 21.5%
38 Jerauld County, South Dakota 21.1%
39 Todd County, South Dakota 21.0%
40 Codington County, South Dakota 20.9%
41 Gregory County, South Dakota 20.9%
42 Sully County, South Dakota 20.9%
43 Perkins County, South Dakota 20.7%
44 Bennett County, South Dakota 20.3%
45 Bon Homme County, South Dakota 20.1%
46 Butte County, South Dakota 19.4%
47 Hughes County, South Dakota 19.3%
48 Buffalo County, South Dakota 18.8%
49 Aurora County, South Dakota 18.7%
50 Roberts County, South Dakota 18.3%
51 Spink County, South Dakota 17.5%
52 Edmunds County, South Dakota 17.5%
53 Pennington County, South Dakota 17.1%
54 Dewey County, South Dakota 16.6%
55 Brown County, South Dakota 16.6%
56 Mellette County, South Dakota 16.3%
57 Clark County, South Dakota 16.2%
58 Miner County, South Dakota 16.1%
59 Faulk County, South Dakota 15.3%
60 Ziebach County, South Dakota 14.1%
61 Harding County, South Dakota 10.2%
62 Sanborn County, South Dakota 8.9%
63 Union County, South Dakota 8.8%
64 Deuel County, South Dakota 8.2%
65 Davison County, South Dakota 7.7%
66 Turner County, South Dakota 7.1%