People QuickFacts Manhattan Kansas Population, 2011 estimate 53,678 2,870,386 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 52,281 2,853,116 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 2.7% 0.6% Population, 2010 52,281 2,853,118 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.6% 7.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 15.3% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 7.5% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.1% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 83.5% 83.8% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.5% 5.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.1% 2.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.5% 3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 5.8% 10.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 80.2% 78.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 71.0% 82.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.8% 6.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.0% 10.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 96.0% 89.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 51.6% 29.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,268 222,477 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 15.2 18.9  Housing units, 2010 21,619 1,233,215 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 40.5% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 44.7% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $171,600 $125,500 Households, 2007-2011 19,927 1,104,479 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.26 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,872 $26,545 Median household income, 2007-2011 $38,599 $50,594 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 27.6% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Manhattan Kansas Total number of firms, 2007 3,051 237,040 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.4% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.7% 27.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 184,042 76,751,828 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 125,967 45,863,865 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 837,093 34,538,332 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,204 $12,444 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 125,814 4,192,347     Geography QuickFacts Manhattan Kansas Land area in square miles, 2010 18.76 81,758.72 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,786.5 34.9 FIPS Code 44250 20 Counties Pottawatomie County Riley County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts