Officials in the Village of Manhattan say they expect to receive thousands of dollars in additional federal and state funds over the remainder of the decade after adding nearly 500 residents to its population based on preliminary figures compiled through a special census conducted last month.
“It was well worth the money,” Mayor James Doyle said of the $10,000 cost to the village. “The numbers came out better than we expected.”
The new figures gave Manhattan 2,520 residents, up from the 2,059 in the 1990 census, Doyle said.
The village expects to recoup the money it spent and receive thousands more from the state and federal governments, which base some allocations of dollars on population.
The village took issue with the original count, contending that portions of the village were missed and at least 200 residents not counted.
The village decided to put up the money and take advantage of a program offered by the U.S. Census Bureau for a special census, which allows towns that believe they have experienced new growth to seek a new count.
Gail Krmenec, the regional office special census supervisor, cautioned that the numbers are subject to change once they are reviewed by the bureau’s data preparation division.
