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Levels of education for South Dakota residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for South Dakota

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

South Dakota education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: South Dakota PDF

County	Percent w/college degree	Number w/college degree	Total population (ages 25-34)	< 9th grade	9th-12th grade, no diploma	High school grad/GED	Some college, no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree
TOTAL	38.4%	34,599	90,196	2,291	5,882	23,761	23,663	9,900	20,536	4,163
Clay	60.4%	1,047	1,734	57	8	157	465	80	754	213
Hughes	52.8%	1,027	1,945	38	80	402	398	192	668	167
Lincoln	51.5%	1,756	3,407	30	101	717	803	533	1,056	167
Brookings	49.6%	1,631	3,287	38	51	672	895	354	1,039	238
Jones	49.6%	57	115	0	0	27	31	29	24	4
Hyde	46.9%	67	143	2	4	34	36	24	39	4
Union	46.5%	735	1,580	14	72	348	411	167	437	131
Kingsbury	46.1%	212	460	0	28	129	91	80	121	11
Sully	43.5%	70	161	3	4	55	29	27	37	6
Douglas	43.3%	126	291	43	12	57	53	45	58	23
Brule	43.1%	233	540	42	19	149	97	65	155	13
Davison	43.1%	893	2,071	19	127	619	413	323	464	106
Brown	43.1%	1,826	4,238	87	175	1,087	1,063	449	1,184	193
Harding	43.0%	52	121	0	2	31	36	8	44	0
Turner	42.9%	367	855	11	29	196	252	109	211	47
Stanley	41.4%	135	326	4	10	81	96	50	71	14
Minnehaha	41.4%	9,413	22,756	583	1,590	5,437	5,733	2,416	5,778	1,219
Lake	40.3%	430	1,067	37	23	288	289	113	273	44
Beadle	39.7%	615	1,548	53	82	385	413	206	335	74
Marshall	38.6%	167	433	27	29	108	102	61	95	11
Aurora	38.5%	100	260	15	17	77	51	50	42	8
Walworth	38.3%	192	501	9	11	227	62	67	110	15
Grant	38.2%	276	722	12	28	266	140	98	133	45
Sanborn	37.8%	88	233	10	10	69	56	32	53	3
Day	37.6%	196	521	0	28	156	141	50	125	21
Yankton	37.5%	1,013	2,703	47	224	857	562	260	637	116
Miner	37.2%	92	247	18	16	74	47	24	60	8
Hutchinson	36.6%	269	735	60	31	188	187	96	133	40
Edmunds	36.6%	135	369	48	20	75	91	44	72	19
McCook	36.5%	229	628	9	28	189	173	88	120	21
Pennington	36.1%	4,022	11,127	132	799	2,850	3,324	1,227	2,237	558
Hand	35.9%	99	276	6	17	86	68	32	67	0
Perkins	35.8%	102	285	9	9	86	79	30	62	10
Codington	35.6%	1,150	3,230	7	142	990	941	417	647	86
Bon Homme	34.9%	271	776	20	57	248	180	94	144	33
Campbell	34.8%	49	141	2	3	26	61	23	25	1
Hamlin	34.8%	188	541	10	14	209	120	69	97	22
Moody	34.4%	231	672	6	37	193	205	76	127	28
Jerauld	34.0%	65	191	27	3	66	30	30	29	6
Potter	34.0%	65	191	0	10	72	44	24	36	5
Custer	34.0%	219	644	1	33	206	185	56	158	5
Haakon	33.9%	58	171	3	2	47	61	14	39	5
Lawrence	33.8%	762	2,253	57	108	556	770	160	511	91
Hanson	33.7%	118	350	60	17	79	76	36	73	9
Deuel	31.6%	143	453	4	26	177	103	56	59	28
Charles Mix	31.0%	282	911	49	124	273	183	134	139	9
Meade	29.7%	957	3,225	12	167	896	1,193	378	497	82
Spink	29.3%	223	761	130	40	194	174	92	112	19
Faulk	29.0%	65	224	54	3	45	57	30	34	1
McPherson	28.9%	69	239	32	22	60	56	24	38	7
Jackson	28.2%	91	323	8	22	93	109	40	46	5
Gregory	27.4%	95	347	8	22	111	111	25	56	14
Tripp	26.9%	153	569	17	46	190	163	55	90	8
Fall River	26.5%	133	502	4	10	224	131	20	86	27
Butte	26.2%	235	896	23	50	356	232	94	113	28
Roberts	24.1%	239	991	41	141	339	231	121	113	5
Clark	22.8%	76	334	53	7	114	84	26	38	12
Mellette	20.8%	49	236	12	32	72	71	10	35	4
Ziebach	20.4%	53	260	3	50	110	44	36	17	0
Bennett	20.2%	85	421	30	96	116	94	38	39	8
Lyman	19.9%	82	413	7	52	156	116	10	59	13
Corson	19.6%	87	444	13	44	181	119	30	55	2
Dewey	19.0%	132	693	4	138	228	191	54	53	25
Shannon	18.0%	314	1,742	92	348	479	509	133	170	11
Todd	14.5%	165	1,137	24	256	398	294	51	101	13
Buffalo	10.0%	23	230	15	76	78	38	15	6	2

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