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1876–2024
Manhattan, KS·Kansas

Manhattan, KS delivered R+16 in 2024.

A college town anchored by Kansas State in the Flint Hills

1876 — 2024·38 elections
KS
Latest
R+16
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
133,965
2024 ACS

Manhattan, KS, Kansas: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+55 in 1952.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+16MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
133,9652024 5-year
Median household income
$66,7302024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
74.5%2024 5-year
Black
7.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
11.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+17 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+55 in 1952MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 1 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−16.1%
19,13126,72947,172
R
−13.2%
20,06126,38547,857
R
−19.1%
14,28821,99340,255
R
−20.9%
14,64422,68338,425
R
−17.0%
16,58523,53240,928
R
−29.9%
12,61523,70137,062
R
−26.6%
10,88519,63432,850
R
−23.8%
11,18719,30334,141
R
−4.9%
12,59114,42837,343
R
−15.4%
12,54817,18630,129
R
−33.5%
10,06920,37030,747
R
−24.0%
9,30516,33329,266
R
−15.8%
11,69916,23128,661
R
−38.9%
8,33919,36628,318
R
−27.4%
7,85414,51724,302
D
+0.8%
11,44811,26122,952
R
−34.8%
7,97216,52324,587
R
−47.5%
6,28417,73324,118
R
−55.0%
5,48919,05724,660
R
−26.8%
9,02915,80025,248
R
−34.6%
6,49313,41820,036
R
−31.0%
8,02315,30523,511
R
−9.0%
10,36112,43623,045
D
+0.4%
10,71610,63321,894
R
−43.9%
5,33513,78919,248
R
−47.5%
3,84012,47318,183
R
−49.6%
3,86511,76015,905
R
−9.2%
7,2118,73916,560
O
+16.6%
3,5691,87010,257
R
−21.0%
4,0026,18310,403
R
−46.9%
2,1596,3148,867
R
−16.6%
4,2175,91510,239
R
−3.5%
4,8905,24910,252
O
−49.9%
04,6419,297
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.7%
English
10.9%
Irish
10.8%
American
8.0%
Italian
2.9%
French
2.2%
Scottish
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 28.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.8%
1.3%
75–84
1.6%
3.0%
65–74
3.4%
3.8%
55–64
4.0%
3.9%
45–54
3.7%
6.2%
35–44
5.7%
9.4%
25–34
7.4%
12.6%
18–24
9.8%
8.0%
5–17
7.8%
3.5%
<5
3.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,730
Manhattan, KS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Manhattan, KS$66,730
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.4%
Working age (18–64)16.9%
Seniors (65+)11.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.3%
Mainline Protestant
4.8%
Methodist
4.3%
Baptist
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

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.

The Democratic margin in Manhattan, KS has rarely exceeded seventeen points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-five points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Republican candidate by sixteen points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a 17% poverty rate, and a median household income of $66,730 — all within the broad national range.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Manhattan, KS, Kansas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/31740/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Manhattan, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Manhattan, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 16.1 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 47,172 votes cast, 19,131 went Democratic and 26,729 went Republican.
What is Manhattan, KS, Kansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Manhattan, KS, Kansas as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 2 times, Republican 30 times, and other 2 times.
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 38 presidential elections in Manhattan, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.