Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the South Dakota Non-Hispanic White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree was 164,096. Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest Non-Hispanic White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Some College or Associates Degree (38,738), followed by Pennington County (20,624), and Lincoln County (12,037).
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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| Rank | County | Number of People |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnehaha County | 38738 |
| 2 | Pennington County | 20624 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 12037 |
| 4 | Brown County | 7012 |
| 5 | Meade County | 6664 |
| 6 | Codington County | 6020 |
| 7 | Lawrence County | 5449 |
| 8 | Brookings County | 4944 |
| 9 | Yankton County | 4678 |
| 10 | Davison County | 4166 |
| 11 | Union County | 3427 |
| 12 | Hughes County | 3398 |
| 13 | Beadle County | 3296 |
| 14 | Lake County | 2289 |
| 15 | Butte County | 1988 |
| 16 | Turner County | 1903 |
| 17 | Custer County | 1868 |
| 18 | Hutchinson County | 1686 |
| 19 | Fall River County | 1668 |
| 20 | Clay County | 1642 |
| 21 | Bon Homme County | 1479 |
| 22 | Grant County | 1476 |
| 23 | Roberts County | 1472 |
| 24 | Charles Mix County | 1340 |
| 25 | Spink County | 1250 |
| 26 | Moody County | 1179 |
| 27 | Day County | 1147 |
| 28 | Hamlin County | 1098 |
| 29 | Kingsbury County | 1021 |
| 30 | McCook County | 1020 |
| 31 | Tripp County | 963 |
| 32 | Edmunds County | 941 |
| 33 | Deuel County | 935 |
| 34 | Walworth County | 898 |
| 35 | Brule County | 895 |
| 36 | Marshall County | 855 |
| 37 | Hanson County | 814 |
| 38 | Hand County | 805 |
| 39 | Gregory County | 804 |
| 40 | Perkins County | 757 |
| 41 | Clark County | 727 |
| 42 | Douglas County | 668 |
| 43 | Stanley County | 576 |
| 44 | Aurora County | 567 |
| 45 | Faulk County | 531 |
| 46 | Potter County | 528 |
| 47 | Sanborn County | 457 |
| 48 | Miner County | 455 |
| 49 | Hyde County | 422 |
| 50 | McPherson County | 417 |
| 51 | Lyman County | 409 |
| 52 | Haakon County | 406 |
| 53 | Sully County | 383 |
| 54 | Jerauld County | 350 |
| 55 | Campbell County | 308 |
| 56 | Corson County | 303 |
| 57 | Bennett County | 295 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 278 |
| 59 | Harding County | 275 |
| 60 | Dewey County | 225 |
| 61 | Todd County | 221 |
| 62 | Mellette County | 183 |
| 63 | Jones County | 135 |
| 64 | Oglala Lakota County | 130 |
| 65 | Ziebach County | 121 |
| 66 | Buffalo County | 80 |