Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 3, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the population of South Dakota (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree was 32.41%. Among all South Dakota counties, Hyde County had the highest percentage of its population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree (41.82%), followed by Hanson County (40.65%), and Sully County (39.22%).

The chart below shows the top 10 South Dakota counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Some College or Associates Degree in 2021
Hyde County
Hanson County
Sully County
Hand County
Douglas County
Roberts County
Perkins County
Bennett County
Meade County
Harding County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Some College or Associates Degree in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Hyde County 41.82
2 Hanson County 40.65
3 Sully County 39.22
4 Hand County 38.36
5 Douglas County 38.20
6 Roberts County 37.58
7 Perkins County 37.45
8 Bennett County 37.42
9 Meade County 37.31
10 Harding County 36.98
11 Faulk County 36.19
12 Moody County 35.38
13 Fall River County 35.15
14 Edmunds County 34.61
15 Corson County 34.48
15 Hutchinson County 34.48
16 Aurora County 34.09
17 Todd County 34.02
18 Minnehaha County 33.89
19 Jackson County 33.45
20 Davison County 33.37
21 Haakon County 33.26
22 Buffalo County 33.13
23 Pennington County 33.00
24 Oglala Lakota County 32.92
25 Gregory County 32.82
26 Turner County 32.74
27 Day County 32.71
28 Codington County 32.60
29 Ziebach County 32.55
30 Bon Homme County 32.42
31 Marshall County 32.40
32 Hughes County 32.34
33 Deuel County 32.21
34 Spink County 32.05
35 Union County 31.83
36 Hamlin County 31.66
36 Lawrence County 31.66
37 Lyman County 31.45
38 Yankton County 31.38
39 Lincoln County 31.36
40 Charles Mix County 30.85
41 Sanborn County 30.84
42 Lake County 30.80
43 Potter County 30.60
44 Butte County 30.50
45 Custer County 30.13
46 Brown County 30.11
47 Mellette County 29.92
48 Clark County 29.80
49 Dewey County 29.78
50 McCook County 29.71
51 Grant County 29.60
52 Kingsbury County 29.37
53 Campbell County 29.16
54 Walworth County 28.84
55 Miner County 28.83
56 Brookings County 28.72
57 Brule County 28.57
58 Stanley County 28.47
59 Beadle County 28.15
60 Jerauld County 28.01
61 Tripp County 26.72
62 McPherson County 25.05
63 Clay County 23.23
64 Jones County 21.56