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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in South Dakota, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in South Dakota, ranked. The highest is Clay County at 45.4% and the lowest is Buffalo County at 9.9%.

South Dakota: 31.9% · United States: 35.7% · median county in South Dakota: 25.1%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Clay County45.4%
2Lincoln County44.4%
3Brookings County42.5%
4Hughes County39.0%
5Union County37.0%
6Campbell County36.0%
7Minnehaha County35.2%
8Lake County34.6%
9Pennington County34.6%
10Brown County33.8%
11Lawrence County32.9%
12Custer County31.6%
13Yankton County31.4%
14Harding County30.4%
15Moody County30.4%
16McCook County29.9%
17Walworth County29.6%
18Fall River County29.4%
19Hutchinson County28.8%
20Brule County28.7%
21Hand County28.4%
22Edmunds County28.2%
23Spink County28.2%
24Stanley County28.2%
25Meade County27.8%
26Jones County27.4%
27Turner County27.3%
28Beadle County27.2%
29Potter County27.2%
30McPherson County26.5%
31Charles Mix County25.7%
32Marshall County25.4%
33Grant County25.3%
34Deuel County25.1%
35Douglas County24.9%
36Perkins County24.9%
37Hamlin County24.5%
38Lyman County24.5%
39Sully County24.1%
40Kingsbury County23.1%
41Davison County22.6%
42Faulk County22.6%
43Hanson County22.5%
44Gregory County22.2%
45Day County22.0%
46Haakon County21.5%
47Aurora County21.4%
48Codington County21.4%
49Jerauld County21.3%
50Sanborn County21.3%
51Hyde County20.3%
52Butte County19.9%
53Clark County19.7%
54Bon Homme County19.6%
55Mellette County19.1%
56Corson County19.0%
57Dewey County18.8%
58Roberts County18.6%
59Bennett County18.3%
60Tripp County17.7%
61Miner County16.7%
62Todd County16.6%
63Ziebach County15.2%
64Jackson County12.4%
65Oglala Lakota County11.8%
66Buffalo County9.9%

Small populations produce wide margins: Buffalo County is 9.9% with a margin of error of ±4.2%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of adults 25 and older whose highest completed level is bachelor's degree or higher.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

South Dakota ranks 35th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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