Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the South Dakota White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 159,147. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (39,689), followed by Pennington County (22,464), and Lincoln County (15,761).

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 White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Minnehaha County
Pennington County
Lincoln County
Brown County
Brookings County
Lawrence County
Meade County
Yankton County
Codington County
Hughes County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank County Number of People
1 Minnehaha County 39689
2 Pennington County 22464
3 Lincoln County 15761
4 Brown County 7572
5 Brookings County 6968
6 Lawrence County 5835
7 Meade County 4989
8 Yankton County 4198
9 Codington County 3799
10 Hughes County 3706
11 Union County 3494
12 Clay County 2978
13 Davison County 2880
14 Beadle County 2583
15 Lake County 2494
16 Custer County 1688
17 Turner County 1484
18 Butte County 1343
19 Hutchinson County 1236
20 Spink County 1173
21 Fall River County 1153
22 Charles Mix County 1115
23 Grant County 1106
24 Bon Homme County 1101
25 Moody County 971
26 McCook County 953
27 Roberts County 884
28 Brule County 817
29 Kingsbury County 815
30 Walworth County 800
31 Marshall County 784
32 Day County 778
33 Hamlin County 736
34 Tripp County 713
35 Deuel County 685
36 Edmunds County 673
37 Stanley County 577
38 Lyman County 551
39 Hand County 524
40 Gregory County 515
41 Clark County 437
42 Perkins County 433
43 Potter County 397
44 Hanson County 385
45 Douglas County 371
46 Faulk County 362
47 McPherson County 353
48 Aurora County 310
49 Campbell County 285
50 Miner County 278
51 Oglala Lakota County 261
52 Sanborn County 255
53 Bennett County 252
54 Jones County 244
55 Jerauld County 238
56 Sully County 208
57 Dewey County 198
58 Haakon County 197
59 Harding County 194
60 Todd County 181
61 Corson County 169
62 Jackson County 161
63 Mellette County 145
64 Hyde County 127
65 Ziebach County 87
66 Buffalo County 34