# Counties in South Dakota by high school graduate or higher, population 25 and over, 2024

All 66 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `high_school_graduate_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 and over who hold a regular high school diploma, a GED or alternative credential, or any higher level of education, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduate-or-higher/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Brookings County | 97.1 |
| 2 | Hughes County | 96.7 |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 96.5 |
| 4 | Haakon County | 96.5 |
| 5 | Potter County | 96.3 |
| 6 | Sully County | 96.1 |
| 7 | Union County | 95.7 |
| 8 | Lawrence County | 95.4 |
| 9 | Hand County | 95.1 |
| 9 | Moody County | 95.1 |
| 11 | Meade County | 95 |
| 12 | Perkins County | 94.9 |
| 13 | Custer County | 94.7 |
| 14 | Miner County | 94.6 |
| 15 | Pennington County | 94.6 |
| 16 | McCook County | 94.5 |
| 17 | Stanley County | 94.5 |
| 18 | Codington County | 93.9 |
| 19 | Harding County | 93.8 |
| 20 | Brown County | 93.7 |
| 20 | Spink County | 93.7 |
| 22 | Yankton County | 93.7 |
| 23 | Jerauld County | 93.6 |
| 24 | Lake County | 93.4 |
| 25 | Day County | 93.4 |
| 26 | Hutchinson County | 93.3 |
| 27 | Deuel County | 93.3 |
| 28 | Jones County | 93.2 |
| 29 | Hanson County | 93.2 |
| 30 | Turner County | 93 |
| 31 | Minnehaha County | 92.7 |
| 32 | Kingsbury County | 92.7 |
| 33 | Gregory County | 92.5 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 92.4 |
| 35 | Clay County | 92.3 |
| 36 | Campbell County | 92.2 |
| 37 | Edmunds County | 92.1 |
| 38 | Aurora County | 92 |
| 39 | Hamlin County | 91.9 |
| 40 | Grant County | 91.6 |
| 41 | Walworth County | 91.6 |
| 42 | Davison County | 91.5 |
| 43 | Roberts County | 91.5 |
| 44 | Faulk County | 91.2 |
| 45 | Fall River County | 91.2 |
| 46 | Charles Mix County | 91 |
| 47 | Jackson County | 90.9 |
| 48 | Brule County | 90.8 |
| 49 | Bon Homme County | 90.6 |
| 49 | Douglas County | 90.6 |
| 51 | Clark County | 90.6 |
| 52 | Hyde County | 90 |
| 53 | Ziebach County | 89.9 |
| 54 | Lyman County | 89.4 |
| 55 | Butte County | 89.4 |
| 56 | Sanborn County | 88.9 |
| 57 | Tripp County | 88.1 |
| 58 | Buffalo County | 88.1 |
| 59 | Beadle County | 87.5 |
| 60 | Dewey County | 86.7 |
| 61 | Bennett County | 86.3 |
| 62 | Corson County | 86.1 |
| 63 | Todd County | 83.5 |
| 64 | Mellette County | 83.5 |
| 65 | McPherson County | 83.4 |
| 66 | Oglala Lakota County | 74.4 |