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)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

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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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Some College or Associates Degree in 2021
Minnehaha County
Pennington County
Lincoln County
Brown County
Meade County
Codington County
Lawrence County
Brookings County
Yankton County
Davison County
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Non-Hispanic White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Some College or Associates Degree in 2021
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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