2024 population: 134,892 ( 845 from 2020)
Land area: 1835.1 square miles
Population density: 73.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	97,332	72.16%	0.0%
Black:	10,511	7.79%	5.7%
Indian:	858	0.64%	3.5%
Asian:	5,608	4.16%	4.1%
2+ races:	4,985	3.70%	4.5%
Hispanic:	15,598	11.56%	7.1%

Total non-White:	37,560	27.84%	2.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	8,451	15.8
Deaths:	3,738	7.0
Net Migration:	-7,084	-13.2
Net Immigration:	3,126	5.8

Change in White population:	-28	-0.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	873	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
134,047
97,360	72.63%
11,143	8.31%
829	0.62%
5,387	4.02%
4,770	3.56%
14,558	10.86%
36,687	27.37%

2010
92,719
76,261	82.25%
4,558	4.92%
494	0.53%
3,243	3.50%
2,464	2.66%
5,567	6.00%
16,458	17.75%

2000
81,052
69,242	85.43%
4,340	5.35%
450	0.56%
2,155	2.66%
1,477	1.82%
3,283	4.05%
11,810	14.57%

1990
83,267
70,412	84.56%
6,789	8.15%
625	0.75%
2,518	3.02%
n/a
2,923	3.51%
12,855	15.44%

1980
78,287
66,851	85.39%
6,622	8.46%
495	0.63%
1,507	1.92%
n/a
2,651	3.39%
11,436	14.61%

1970
68,543
62,142	90.66%
3,619	5.28%
255	0.37%
598	0.87%
n/a
1,653	2.41%
6,401	9.34%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
21,877	23.6
6,685	7.2
-20,272	-21.9
7,782	8.4

21,099	22.8
20,229	21.8

Number	Rate
2000's
11,677	14.4
4,387	5.4
-1,259	-1.6
1,312	1.6

7,019	8.7
4,648	5.7

Number	Rate
1990's
12,915	15.5
4,261	5.1
-14,235	-17.1
760	0.9

-1,170	-1.4
-1,045	-1.3

Number	Rate
1980's
15,123	19.3
3,989	5.1
-6,311	-8.1
n/a

3,561	4.5
1,419	1.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,694	2.5
n/a

4,709	6.9
5,035	7.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
27.6
30,111	22.3%
104,781	77.7%
13,743	10.2%

49,331
2.46

29,720	60.2%
23,518	79.1%
3,354	11.3%
19,611	39.8%

2010
Number	Percent
26.7
19,579	21.1%
73,140	78.9%
7,868	8.5%

33,674
2.47

19,666	58.4%
15,552	79.1%
2,085	10.6%
14,008	41.6%

2000
Number	Percent
26.9
17,096	21.1%
63,956	78.9%
7,156	8.8%

28,938
2.47

17,400	60.1%
14,623	84.0%
1,348	7.7%
11,538	39.9%

1990
Number	Percent
24.7
19,134	23.0%
64,133	77.0%
6,583	7.9%

27,298
2.58

18,051	66.1%
15,929	88.2%
1,108	6.1%
9,247	33.9%

1980
Number	Percent
24.6
18,033	23.0%
60,254	77.0%
5,678	7.3%

24,626
2.62

16,721	67.9%
15,095	90.3%
790	4.7%
7,905	32.1%

2022 Housing Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,179	6.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,139	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,110	4.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,414	4.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,040	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,124	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,040	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,847	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,156	4.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,272	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,239	10.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,466	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,370	8.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,890	5.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,303	6.7%
$200,000 or more	2,742	5.6%

Median Household Income	62,089
Per Capita Income	31,942

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,388	2.8%
Public Assistance	952	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,010	8.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	52,542	62.9%
Unemployed	2,479	3.0%
In Armed Forces	9,775	11.7%

Total Labor Force	64,796	77.5%
Not in Labor Force	18,765	22.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	18,550	14,724	55.7%
Non-Profit	1,495	2,727	35.4%
Self-Employed	2,796	2,044	57.8%

Local Government	2,018	2,954	40.6%
State Government	4,023	5,108	44.1%
Federal Government	2,569	1,540	62.5%

Total Private + Self	21,346	16,768	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	10,105	12,329	45.0%
Total	31,451	29,097	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	30.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	8,954	14.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	11,729	19.3%
Professional, Technical	16,289	26.8%
Service Occupations	11,324	18.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	401	0.7%
All others	12,438	20.5%

White Collar		60.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Educational services	12,460	20.5%
Health care and social assistance	7,660	12.6%
Retail trade	6,895	11.4%
Accommodation and food services	4,516	7.4%
Manufacturing	4,033	6.6%
Public administration	4,004	6.6%
Construction	3,704	6.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,690	6.1%
Other services	2,438	4.0%
Finance and insurance	2,085	3.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,884	3.1%
Transportation and warehousing	1,630	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,239	2.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	982	1.6%
Information	976	1.6%
Wholesale trade	951	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	865	1.4%
Utilities	601	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	121	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,039	6.01%
Puerto Rican	1,937	1.45%
Cuban	496	0.37%
Dominican	195	0.15%

Total Central American	996	0.74%
Costa Rican	29	0.02%
Guatemalan	141	0.11%
Honduran	133	0.10%
Nicaraguan	130	0.10%
Panamanian	152	0.11%
Salvadoran	411	0.31%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	779	0.58%
Argentinean	55	0.04%
Bolivian	176	0.13%
Chilean	69	0.05%
Colombian	105	0.08%
Ecuadorian	25	0.02%
Paraguayan	141	0.11%
Peruvian	54	0.04%
Uruguayan	16	0.01%
Venezuelan	138	0.10%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,158	0.87%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	1,081	0.81%
Korean	786	0.59%
Filipino	775	0.58%
Indian	381	0.28%
Bangladeshi	272	0.20%
Vietnamese	232	0.17%
Thai	133	0.10%
Japanese	120	0.09%
Taiwanese	63	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	112,365	90.5%
Spanish	6,340	5.1%
Chinese	869	0.7%
Other Indo-European	852	0.7%
Other Asian	710	0.6%
German, other Germanic	687	0.6%
Other	600	0.5%
Korean	527	0.4%
Tagalog	361	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	32,261	24.1%
Irish	13,543	10.1%
English	12,403	9.3%
American	10,486	7.8%
Italian	4,294	3.2%
Swedish	3,308	2.5%
European	2,862	2.1%
French	2,777	2.1%
Scottish	2,568	1.9%
Polish	2,159	1.6%
Norwegian	1,958	1.5%
Czech	1,451	1.1%
Dutch	1,082	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	1,043	0.8%
African	923	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	129,117	96.5%
Not a citizen	4,717	3.5%

Native	125,680	93.9%
Foreign-born	8,154	6.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,226	1.7%	2,147	3.0%	15,440	21.5%	24,929	34.8%	16,096	22.4%	11,900	16.6%
Average years of education: 14.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,226	1.7%
9-12 Years	2,147	3.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	15,440	21.5%
Some College	24,929	34.8%
Bach. Degree	16,096	22.4%
Grad Degree	11,900	16.6%
Average years of education: 14.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	94,746	90,002	4,744	5.0%
1991	95,692	89,954	5,738	6.0%
1992	99,060	94,182	4,878	4.9%
1993	98,618	93,696	4,922	5.0%
1994	97,392	92,506	4,886	5.0%
1995	101,050	96,280	4,770	4.7%
1996	101,416	96,788	4,628	4.6%
1997	102,730	98,018	4,712	4.6%
1998	103,934	99,434	4,500	4.3%
1999	101,984	98,014	3,970	3.9%

2000	102,578	99,020	3,558	3.5%
2001	101,408	97,462	3,946	3.9%
2002	102,674	98,386	4,288	4.2%
2003	106,424	101,954	4,470	4.2%
2004	110,198	105,114	5,084	4.6%
2005	111,366	106,596	4,770	4.3%
2006	114,900	110,610	4,290	3.7%
2007	126,062	121,770	4,292	3.4%
2008	122,838	118,214	4,624	3.8%
2009	125,078	118,388	6,690	5.3%

2010	122,684	115,486	7,198	5.9%
2011	120,918	114,012	6,906	5.7%
2012	121,734	115,254	6,480	5.3%
2013	122,604	116,210	6,394	5.2%
2014	122,064	116,656	5,408	4.4%
2015	119,712	114,898	4,814	4.0%
2016	118,730	114,148	4,582	3.9%
2017	117,816	113,792	4,024	3.4%
2018	118,404	114,688	3,716	3.1%
2019	117,850	114,176	3,674	3.1%

2020	115,364	109,348	6,016	5.2%
2021	115,242	111,660	3,582	3.1%
2022	116,994	113,676	3,318	2.8%
2023	117,810	114,568	3,242	2.8%
2024	128,476	124,164	4,312	3.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	56,426
Median Value	$210,022

Occupied	49,331	87.4%
Vacant	7,095	12.6%

Owned	24,819	50.3%
Rented	24,512	49.7%
Median Rent	$1,047

Single-Family Units	35,287	62.5%
Detached	30,132	53.4%
Attached	5,155	9.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	10,902	19.3%
Mobile Homes	3,681	6.5%

Manhattan, KS Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Manhattan, KS Metro Area