† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupManhattan, KSKansasUnited States
German25.7%23.3%12.5%
English10.9%12.4%9.5%
Irish10.8%11.3%9.4%
American8.0%5.6%5.3%
Italian2.9%2.0%4.8%
Swedish2.8%1.1%—
French2.2%1.8%1.6%
Scottish2.0%1.9%1.3%
Mexican6.8%10.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.6%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.3%0.7%
Panamanian0.3%——
Spanish0.2%——
Nicaraguan0.2%——
African American†5.9%4.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.3%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
Ethiopian0.3%——
West Indian0.2%——
Filipino0.7%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.7%0.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.5%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Bangladeshi0.2%——
Vietnamese0.2%0.5%0.6%
Native Hawaiian0.3%——
Maya0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Manhattan, KS
Kansas
United States
Median age
28.1
37.5
39.1
Age 18–24
22.4%
10.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.7%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Manhattan, KS
Kansas
United States
Median household income
$66,730
$74,275
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.8%
11.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.7%
35.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Manhattan, KS
Kansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.0%
12.2%
22.3%
Spanish
4.9%
8.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Manhattan, KS
Kansas
United States
Catholic
11.2%
14.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.6%
17.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.5%
54.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.6%
10.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Manhattan, KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−48.9%
1896
−3.5%
1900
−16.6%
1904
−46.9%
1908
−21.0%
1912
+16.6%
1916
−9.2%
1920
−49.6%
1924
−47.5%
1928
−43.9%
1932
+0.4%
1936
−9.0%
1940
−31.0%
1944
−34.6%
1948
−26.8%
1952
−55.0%
1956
−47.5%
1960
−34.8%
1964
+0.8%
1968
−27.4%
1972
−38.9%
1976
−15.8%
1980
−24.0%
1984
−33.5%
1988
−15.4%
1992
−4.9%
1996
−23.8%
2000
−26.6%
2004
−29.9%
2008
−17.0%
2012
−20.9%
2016
−19.1%
2020
−13.2%
2024
−16.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
40.7%Harris19,131
56.9%Trump26,729
2.3%
R+16.2
R+3.0
R+14.7
46,948
R
41.9%Biden20,061
55.1%Trump26,385
2.9%
R+13.2
D+5.9
R+17.7
47,857
R
35.5%Clinton14,288
54.6%Trump21,993
9.9%
R+19.1
D+1.8
R+21.2
40,255
R
38.1%Obama14,644
59.0%Romney22,683
2.9%
R+20.9
R+3.9
R+24.8
38,425
R
40.5%Obama16,585
57.5%McCain23,532
2.0%
R+17.0
D+12.9
R+24.2
40,928
R
34.0%Kerry12,615
63.9%Bush23,701
2.0%
R+29.9
R+3.3
R+27.5
37,062
R
33.1%Gore10,885
59.8%Bush19,634
7.1%
R+26.6
R+2.9
R+27.2
32,850
R
32.8%Clinton11,187
56.5%Dole19,303
10.7%
R+23.8
R+18.9
R+32.3
34,141
R
33.7%Clinton12,591
38.6%Bush14,428
27.6%
R+4.9
D+10.5
R+10.5
37,343
R
41.6%Dukakis12,548
57.0%Bush17,186
1.3%
R+15.4
D+18.1
R+7.7
30,129
R
32.7%Mondale10,069
66.3%Reagan20,370
1.0%
R+33.5
R+9.5
R+15.3
30,747
R
31.8%Carter9,305
55.8%Reagan16,333
12.4%
R+24.0
R+8.2
R+14.3
29,266
R
40.8%Carter11,699
56.6%Ford16,231
2.6%
R+15.8
D+23.1
R+17.9
28,661
R
29.4%McGovern8,339
68.4%Nixon19,366
2.2%
R+38.9
R+11.5
R+15.8
28,318
R
32.3%Humphrey7,854
59.7%Nixon14,517
7.9%
R+27.4
R+28.2
R+26.7
24,302
D
49.9%Johnson11,448
49.1%Goldwater11,261
1.1%
D+0.8
D+35.6
R+21.8
22,952
R
32.4%Kennedy7,972
67.2%Nixon16,523
0.4%
R+34.8
D+12.7
R+34.9
24,587
R
26.1%Stevenson6,284
73.5%Eisenhower17,733
0.4%
R+47.5
D+7.5
R+32.1
24,118
R
22.3%Stevenson5,489
77.3%Eisenhower19,057
0.5%
R+55.0
R+28.2
R+44.3
24,660
R
35.8%Truman9,029
62.6%Dewey15,800
1.7%
R+26.8
D+7.7
R+31.3
25,248
R
32.4%Roosevelt6,493
67.0%Dewey13,418
0.6%
R+34.6
R+3.6
R+42.1
20,036
R
34.1%Roosevelt8,023
65.1%Willkie15,305
0.8%
R+31.0
R+22.0
R+40.9
23,511
R
45.0%Roosevelt10,361
54.0%Landon12,436
1.1%
R+9.0
R+9.4
R+33.3
23,045
D
48.9%Roosevelt10,716
48.6%Hoover10,633
2.5%
D+0.4
D+44.3
R+17.4
21,894
R
27.7%Smith5,335
71.6%Hoover13,789
0.6%
R+43.9
D+3.6
R+26.5
19,248
R
21.1%Davis3,840
68.6%Coolidge12,473
10.3%
R+47.5
D+2.2
R+22.3
18,183
R
24.3%Cox3,865
73.9%Harding11,760
1.8%
R+49.6
R+40.4
R+23.4
15,905
R
43.5%Wilson7,211
52.8%Hughes8,739
3.7%
R+9.2
R+25.8
R+12.4
16,560
O
34.8%Wilson3,569
18.2%Taft1,870
47.0%
Roosevelt +12.2
D+37.5
R+3.0
10,257
R
38.5%Bryan4,002
59.4%Taft6,183
2.1%
R+21.0
D+25.9
R+11.4
10,403
R
24.3%Parker2,159
71.2%Roosevelt6,314
4.4%
R+46.9
R+30.3
R+27.2
8,867
R
41.2%Bryan4,217
57.8%McKinley5,915
1.0%
R+16.6
R+13.1
R+9.0
10,239
R
47.7%Bryan4,890
51.2%McKinley5,249
1.1%
R+3.5
D+45.4
D+2.6
10,252
O
0.0%Cleveland0
48.9%Harrison4,544
51.1%
Weaver +2.2
—
R+50.5
9,297
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
34.8%12,061
62.5%21,673
34,653
2020
R
42.1%20,154
52.7%25,211
47,833
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+23.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+16.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.9 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Manhattan, KS in Manhattan, KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−308
2012
+3,357
2013
−4,263
2014
−3,365
2015
−1,840
2016
−5,648
2017
−4,153
2018
−1,550
2019
−3,174
2021
−1,572
2022
−2,020
2023
−2,341
2024
−792
2025
+8
Manhattan's electorate is shaped by the presence of Kansas State University, which injects a younger, more transient population into an otherwise rural, reliably Republican stretch of northeast Kansas.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 55.0 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.2 points.
A population of 133,965, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,730 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stillwater, OK and College Station-Bryan, TX.
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In 2024, Manhattan, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 16.2 points (R+16.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 46,948 votes cast, 19,131 went Democratic and 26,729 went Republican.
When did Manhattan, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Manhattan, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Manhattan, KS, Kansas?
Manhattan, KS, Kansas has a population of 133,965 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Manhattan, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Manhattan, KS, Kansas is $66,730 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Manhattan, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Manhattan, KS, Kansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
