Higher Education in Dewey County, South Dakota

Reported by the 2000 Census in Dewey County, South Dakota, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 39 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Dewey on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9 percent (Men) versus 15 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 40 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Dewey County, South Dakota may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 12.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Dewey is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of South Dakota's proportion of 21.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Dewey County, South Dakota as reported in the 2000 Census, 20.4 percent of the White Alone, 100 percent of Black or African American, 14.8 percent of the Asian alone and 28.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.