Demographics Table
County
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Education: At Least Bachelors Degree)
|
Rank within US (of 3146 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 28.8 | 165,080 | 35 of 52 |
| United States | 32.1 | 70,920,162 | N/A |
| Buffalo County | 8.5 | 88 | 3,123 |
| Shannon County | 10.4 | 758 | 3,028 |
| Mellette County | 12.0 | 153 | 2,897 |
| Douglas County | 15.5 | 316 | 2,330 |
| Todd County | 15.6 | 768 | 2,318 |
| Haakon County | 15.6 | 214 | 2,308 |
| Bennett County | 15.7 | 297 | 2,292 |
| Ziebach County | 16.4 | 270 | 2,151 |
| Dewey County | 16.6 | 514 | 2,125 |
| Roberts County | 17.3 | 1,136 | 1,979 |
| McPherson County | 17.7 | 287 | 1,917 |
| Jackson County | 17.8 | 343 | 1,907 |
| Corson County | 17.8 | 411 | 1,898 |
| Bon Homme County | 18.3 | 921 | 1,820 |
| Miner County | 18.5 | 278 | 1,780 |
| Hanson County | 18.5 | 383 | 1,776 |
| Charles Mix County | 18.6 | 1,068 | 1,752 |
| Clark County | 19.1 | 471 | 1,665 |
| Butte County | 19.2 | 1,332 | 1,646 |
| Gregory County | 20.2 | 595 | 1,489 |
| Perkins County | 20.3 | 418 | 1,468 |
| Lyman County | 20.3 | 480 | 1,463 |
| Beadle County | 20.5 | 2,485 | 1,438 |
| Hamlin County | 21.0 | 770 | 1,371 |
| Fall River County | 21.1 | 1,096 | 1,358 |
| Moody County | 21.3 | 939 | 1,317 |
| Aurora County | 21.5 | 388 | 1,294 |
| Codington County | 21.5 | 4,095 | 1,291 |
| Kingsbury County | 21.5 | 756 | 1,284 |
| Day County | 21.6 | 842 | 1,280 |
| Sanborn County | 21.6 | 358 | 1,277 |
| Spink County | 21.8 | 971 | 1,244 |
| Grant County | 21.9 | 1,088 | 1,236 |
| Hand County | 22.1 | 504 | 1,214 |
| Deuel County | 22.2 | 668 | 1,203 |
| Potter County | 22.3 | 369 | 1,187 |
| Tripp County | 22.3 | 869 | 1,184 |
| Jerauld County | 22.5 | 339 | 1,157 |
| Custer County | 23.5 | 1,623 | 1,027 |
| Turner County | 23.7 | 1,376 | 995 |
| Marshall County | 24.1 | 790 | 963 |
| McCook County | 24.1 | 879 | 957 |
| Hyde County | 24.5 | 245 | 921 |
| Walworth County | 24.9 | 954 | 890 |
| Sully County | 25.0 | 230 | 869 |
| Hutchinson County | 25.2 | 1,258 | 848 |
| Yankton County | 25.7 | 4,073 | 812 |
| Jones County | 25.7 | 159 | 810 |
| Harding County | 26.0 | 235 | 787 |
| Edmunds County | 26.3 | 698 | 770 |
| Davison County | 26.5 | 3,586 | 747 |
| Faulk County | 26.9 | 449 | 720 |
| Brule County | 27.1 | 968 | 713 |
| Meade County | 27.2 | 4,971 | 702 |
| Campbell County | 28.0 | 312 | 660 |
| Brown County | 29.4 | 7,563 | 569 |
| Union County | 30.6 | 3,239 | 501 |
| Pennington County | 31.5 | 23,786 | 460 |
| Stanley County | 32.1 | 694 | 429 |
| Minnehaha County | 33.1 | 40,984 | 385 |
| Lake County | 33.1 | 2,897 | 383 |
| Hughes County | 34.7 | 4,234 | 317 |
| Lawrence County | 35.0 | 6,196 | 312 |
| Lincoln County | 37.6 | 13,713 | 232 |
| Brookings County | 40.3 | 7,457 | 178 |
| Clay County | 49.9 | 3,473 | 59 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/18/2022 8:33 am.
South Dakota County Name Change: please note that Shannon County, SD (FIPS code=46113) was renamed effective May 1, 2015, and the new name is Oglala Lakota County (FIPS Code=46102). Due to the nature of data submissions, we will use the older code/name this year and transition to the new code/name with a future data release.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least bachelors degree, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/18/2022 8:33 am.
South Dakota County Name Change: please note that Shannon County, SD (FIPS code=46113) was renamed effective May 1, 2015, and the new name is Oglala Lakota County (FIPS Code=46102). Due to the nature of data submissions, we will use the older code/name this year and transition to the new code/name with a future data release.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least bachelors degree, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.