Kansas · Census place 2044250
Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan is a city in 2 counties of Kansas with an estimated 54,700 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 54,700
- #9 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- +1.0%
- +549 people
- Land area
- 20.4 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,683 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Manhattan population, 2020 to 2024
Manhattan added 549 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +684. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Manhattan is 4.7 times that size.
Manhattan covers 20.39 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,683 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Manhattan is denser than the typical town.
The 2 counties Manhattan spans
Manhattan crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 54,700 residents as follows; Riley County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Riley County54,699
- 02Pottawatomie County1
ZIP codes in Manhattan
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Manhattan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66502, 66503, 66506. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Manhattan is
The Census internal point of Manhattan is at 39.188300, -96.605900. Topeka, the capital, is 50.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Topeka, KS (125,467 people), 49.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.188300, -96.605900
- DMS
- 39°11'17.88"N 96°36'21.24"W
- UTM
- 14N 706771.0E 4340403.3N
- Geohash
- 9ygqcwj8r
- Plus code
- 86F559QV+8J
Daylight in Manhattan
At 39.19° N, Manhattan gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Manhattan
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Ogden, 7.4 miles away, with 1,656 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Manhattan, KS?
54,700 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 549 (1.0%) from 54,151 in July 2020.
What county is Manhattan in?
It spans 2 counties: Riley County (54,699 residents), Pottawatomie County (1 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Manhattan?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 66502, 66503, 66506.
How far is Manhattan from Topeka?
50.7 miles (81.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Manhattan.
What is the nearest larger city to Manhattan?
Topeka, KS, with 125,467 residents, 49.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.