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1876–2024
Manhattan, KS·Kansas

Manhattan, KS has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+16.1 in 2024.

A college town anchored by Kansas State in the Flint Hills

2008 — 2024·5 elections
KS
2024 presidential election
Manhattan, KS
TrumpR+16.1
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2024 presidential margin by county for Manhattan, KS, KSA map of the constituent counties of Manhattan, KS, KS, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Geary County, KS · R+17.6Pottawatomie County, KS · R+47.6Riley County, KS · D+1.8
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican56.7%26,729
Kamala HarrisDemocratic40.6%19,131
OtherAll other candidates2.8%1,312
D+60
R+60
3 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −16.1% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−16.1%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
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%
2024−16.1%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
40.6%Harris19,131
56.7%Trump26,729
2.8%
−16.1%
47,172
R
41.9%Biden20,061
55.1%Trump26,385
2.9%incl. Jorgensen
−13.2%
47,857
R
35.5%Clinton14,288
54.6%Trump21,993
9.9%incl. Johnson
−19.1%
40,255
R
38.1%Obama14,644
59.0%Romney22,683
2.9%
−20.9%
38,425
R
40.5%Obama16,585
57.5%McCain23,532
2.0%
−17.0%
40,928
R
34.0%Kerry12,615
63.9%Bush23,701
2.0%
−29.9%
37,062
R
33.1%Gore10,885
59.8%Bush19,634
7.1%incl. Nader
−26.6%
32,850
R
32.8%Clinton11,187
56.5%Dole19,303
10.7%incl. Perot
−23.8%
34,141
R
33.7%Clinton12,591
38.6%Bush14,428
27.6%incl. Perot
−4.9%
37,343
R
41.6%Dukakis12,548
57.0%Bush17,186
1.3%
−15.4%
30,129
R
32.7%Mondale10,069
66.3%Reagan20,370
1.0%
−33.5%
30,747
R
31.8%Carter9,305
55.8%Reagan16,333
12.4%incl. Anderson
−24.0%
29,266
R
40.8%Carter11,699
56.6%Ford16,231
2.6%
−15.8%
28,661
R
29.4%McGovern8,339
68.4%Nixon19,366
2.2%
−38.9%
28,318
R
32.3%Humphrey7,854
59.7%Nixon14,517
7.9%incl. Wallace
−27.4%
24,302
D
49.9%Johnson11,448
49.1%Goldwater11,261
1.1%
+0.8%
22,952
R
32.4%Kennedy7,972
67.2%Nixon16,523
0.4%
−34.8%
24,587
R
26.1%Stevenson6,284
73.5%Eisenhower17,733
0.4%
−47.5%
24,118
R
22.3%Stevenson5,489
77.3%Eisenhower19,057
0.5%
−55.0%
24,660
R
35.8%Truman9,029
62.6%Dewey15,800
1.7%incl. Thurmond
−26.8%
25,248
R
32.4%Roosevelt6,493
67.0%Dewey13,418
0.6%
−34.6%
20,036
R
34.1%Roosevelt8,023
65.1%Willkie15,305
0.8%
−31.0%
23,511
R
45.0%Roosevelt10,361
54.0%Landon12,436
1.1%
−9.0%
23,045
D
48.9%Roosevelt10,716
48.6%Hoover10,633
2.5%
+0.4%
21,894
R
27.7%Smith5,335
71.6%Hoover13,789
0.6%
−43.9%
19,248
R
21.1%Davis3,840
68.6%Coolidge12,473
10.3%incl. La Follette
−47.5%
18,183
R
24.3%Cox3,865
73.9%Harding11,760
1.8%
−49.6%
15,905
R
43.5%Wilson7,211
52.8%Hughes8,739
3.7%
−9.2%
16,560
O
34.8%Wilson3,569
18.2%Taft1,870
47.0%incl. Roosevelt
+16.6%
10,257
R
38.5%Bryan4,002
59.4%Taft6,183
2.1%
−21.0%
10,403
R
24.3%Parker2,159
71.2%Roosevelt6,314
4.4%
−46.9%
8,867
R
41.2%Bryan4,217
57.8%McKinley5,915
1.0%
−16.6%
10,239
R
47.7%Bryan4,890
51.2%McKinley5,249
1.1%
−3.5%
10,252
O
0.0%Cleveland0
48.9%Harrison4,544
51.1%incl. Weaver
−48.9%
9,297
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Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorManhattan, KSMetro areaKansasStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White74.5%76.0%61.0%
Black7.8%5.3%12.2%
Asian3.2%2.9%6.0%
Two or more races10.5%10.6%12.6%
Other race4.1%5.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino11.1%13.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$66,730$74,275$84,427
Poverty rate16.8%11.3%12.5%
Median age28.137.539.1
Age 18–2422.4%10.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older10.7%16.9%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)40.7%35.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home9.0%12.2%22.3%
Spanish4.9%8.1%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 25.7%German 23.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 10.9%English 12.4%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 10.8%Irish 11.3%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic11.2%14.1%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant16.6%17.0%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed59.5%54.0%51.5%
Mainline Protestant8.6%10.0%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
25.7%
English
10.9%
Irish
10.8%
American
8.0%
Italian
2.9%
Swedish
2.8%
French
2.2%
Scottish
2.0%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
6.8%
Puerto Rican
1.6%
Salvadoran
0.3%
Panamanian
0.3%
Spanish
0.2%
Nicaraguan
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.5%
Jamaican
0.4%
Ethiopian
0.3%
West Indian
0.2%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Maya
0.3%
Native Hawaiian
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Filipino
0.7%
Korean
0.7%
Asian Indian
0.5%
Chinese
0.4%
Bangladeshi
0.2%
Vietnamese
0.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,730
Manhattan, KS$66,730
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
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.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.9%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.5%
Korean0.5%
German or other West Germanic0.4%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Arabic0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
16.6%
Catholic
11.2%
Mainline Protestant
8.6%
Latter-day Saints
2.6%
Black Protestant
0.6%
Other Christian
0.4%
Other faiths
0.4%
Muslim
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted59.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

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 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.1 points.

A population of 133,965, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,730 describe the metro.

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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+16.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 47,172 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 38 presidential elections in Manhattan, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.