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Manhattan, IL
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Will County, 37 miles SW of the Loop. Construction of the
Illinois & Michigan Canal
after 1836, the Illinois Central
Railroad
in 1851, and a railroad stop in 1879 drew laborers to Manhattan (especially
Irish
immigrants). In 1886, the village incorporated so that it could license
saloons.
The population of 1,117 in 1960 grew steadly to 3,330 in 2000.
| Manhattan, IL (inc. 1886) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1900 | 393 | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 628 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 1,117 | — | — | 94 | |
| 1,117 | White (100.0%) | ||||
| 1990 | 2,059 | 0.6% | — | 96 | |
| 2,026 | White (98.4%) | ||||
| 17 | American Indian (0.8%) | ||||
| 5 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.2%) | ||||
| 11 | Other race (0.5%) | ||||
| 31 | Hispanic Origin* (1.5%) | ||||
| 2000 | 3,330 | 2.5% | — | 104 | |
| 3,237 | White alone (97.2%) | ||||
| 7 | Black or African American alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 4 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 7 | Asian alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 39 | Some other race alone (1.2%) | ||||
| 36 | Two or more races (1.1%) | ||||
| 101 | Hispanic or Latino* (3.0%) | ||||
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