Most college-educated in South Dakota

South Dakota counties and cities ranked by share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher.

This page ranks the counties and cities of South Dakota by share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher — which have the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Clay County leads at 46.0%.

Among cities & places, Evergreen Colony leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Clay County	46.0%
2	Brookings County	44.0%
3	Lincoln County	42.5%
4	Union County	36.5%
5	Hughes County	35.9%
6	Lake County	34.7%
7	Minnehaha County	34.6%
8	Lawrence County	34.1%
9	Pennington County	34.1%
10	Brown County	33.2%
11	Custer County	32.1%
12	Walworth County	31.1%
13	Moody County	31.0%
14	Harding County	30.4%
15	Brule County	30.2%
16	Campbell County	29.5%
17	Edmunds County	29.5%
18	McCook County	28.7%
19	Yankton County	27.7%
20	Spink County	27.1%
21	Meade County	26.9%
22	Potter County	26.6%
23	Beadle County	26.4%
24	Hand County	26.2%
25	Turner County	26.2%
26	Hutchinson County	25.7%
27	Grant County	25.5%
28	Stanley County	25.4%
29	Jones County	25.3%
30	Lyman County	25.3%
31	Charles Mix County	25.1%
32	Davison County	25.0%
33	Hamlin County	24.4%
34	Deuel County	24.1%
35	Douglas County	22.9%
36	Marshall County	22.4%
37	McPherson County	22.4%
38	Kingsbury County	22.3%
39	Fall River County	22.2%
40	Perkins County	21.8%
41	Hanson County	21.5%
42	Day County	21.3%
43	Jerauld County	21.1%
44	Hyde County	21.1%
45	Gregory County	20.9%
46	Sully County	20.9%
47	Codington County	20.9%
48	Bennett County	20.3%
49	Bon Homme County	20.1%
50	Tripp County	19.9%
51	Haakon County	19.5%
52	Butte County	19.4%
53	Sanborn County	19.2%
54	Corson County	19.2%
55	Aurora County	18.7%
56	Roberts County	18.3%
57	Faulk County	18.3%
58	Dewey County	17.3%
59	Todd County	16.6%
60	Mellette County	16.3%
61	Clark County	16.2%
62	Miner County	16.1%
63	Ziebach County	14.1%
64	Jackson County	11.4%
65	Oglala Lakota County	9.8%
66	Buffalo County	7.0%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Bachelor's+ (25+)
1	Evergreen Colony	100.0%
2	Loomis	100.0%
3	Mayfield Colony	100.0%
4	New Elm Spring Colony	100.0%
5	Rustic Acres Colony	100.0%
6	St. Onge	100.0%
7	Pine Lakes Addition	90.1%
8	Harrison	83.3%
9	Brant Lake	70.6%
10	Prairiewood Village	68.0%
11	Shamrock Colony	63.9%
12	Dakota Dunes	60.8%
13	Wetonka	60.0%
14	Golden View Colony	59.8%
15	Turton	59.4%
16	Northville	59.3%
17	Anderson	54.6%
18	Lyons	52.3%
19	Vermillion	50.6%
20	Onaka	50.0%
21	Brookings	49.7%
22	Morningside	48.8%
23	Lake Madison	48.5%
24	Mina	47.5%
25	Smithwick	47.1%
26	Tolstoy	45.5%
27	Mountain Plains	44.4%
28	Aurora	44.1%
29	Lake Poinsett	43.9%
30	Spearfish	43.6%
31	Kaylor	42.0%
32	Volga	41.6%
33	Tea	41.4%
34	Fruitdale	41.3%
35	Summerset	41.1%
36	Brandon	40.6%
37	Harrisburg	40.5%
38	Pickstown	40.1%
39	Cottonwood	40.0%
40	Warner	39.3%
41	Colman	39.1%
42	Orland Colony	38.9%
43	Hosmer	38.9%
44	North Spearfish	38.5%
45	Eden	38.4%
46	St. Francis	38.1%
47	Sioux Falls	37.4%
48	Reliance	36.8%
49	Chamberlain	36.6%
50	Rapid City	36.4%
51	Dell Rapids	36.2%
52	Shindler	36.1%
53	Madison	35.7%
54	Mound City	35.3%
55	Martin	35.1%
56	Johnson Siding	34.8%
57	Pierre	34.8%
58	Bushnell	34.6%
59	Claire City	34.6%
60	Milbank	34.3%
61	Humboldt	33.7%
62	Aberdeen	33.6%
63	Wasta	32.9%
64	Elk Point	32.8%
65	Dante	31.7%
66	Mobridge	31.5%
67	Crooks	31.4%
68	Presho	31.3%
69	Running Water	31.3%
70	Groton	31.2%
71	Hartford	30.9%
72	Aurora Center	30.8%
73	Alexandria	30.7%
74	Boulder Canyon	30.4%
75	Langford	30.2%
76	Yankton	30.2%
77	Chester	30.1%
78	Custer	30.1%
79	Redfield	30.0%
80	Box Elder	29.8%
81	Platte	29.7%
82	Pollock	29.2%
83	Rowena	29.2%
84	Wilmot	29.0%
85	Scotland	29.0%
86	Conde	29.0%
87	Colonial Pine Hills	28.9%
88	Akaska	28.6%
89	Herreid	28.5%
90	Leola	28.5%
91	Norris	28.3%
92	McLaughlin	28.2%
93	Oelrichs	28.0%
94	North Sioux City	27.8%
95	Corsica	27.7%
96	Chelsea	27.6%
97	McIntosh	27.6%
98	Crook City	27.4%
99	Tyndall	27.4%
100	Waubay	27.2%

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