Demographics of Grambling city, Louisiana

Grambling city, Louisiana had 5,314 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −31 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Grambling city, in four figures

5,314
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 5,287 ±14.; −0.6%
Change since July 2020: −31 people.; 21.2 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; Not computed by the Bureau
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Grambling city, Louisiana's population shrank 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Grambling city, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Grambling city, Louisiana's population shrank 0.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Grambling city, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	5,345	100.0	100.0
2021	5,273	98.7	100.2
2022	5,286	98.9	100.7
2023	5,289	99.0	101.6
2024	5,288	98.9	102.5
2025	5,314	99.4	103.1

Population of Grambling city, Louisiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	5,345	—
2021	5,273	−72
2022	5,286	+13
2023	5,289	+3
2024	5,288	−1
2025	5,314	+26

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 21.2 ±0.7: for men 20.3 ±0.6 and for women 21.9 ±3.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Grambling city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	7 to 157	0.1% to 3.0%	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	964 ±313	18.2% ±5.9	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,382 ±517	45.1% ±9.8	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	987 ±283	18.7% ±5.4	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	314 ±148	5.9% ±2.8	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	558 ±186	10.6% ±3.5	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is Not computed by the Bureau, and income per person $11,379 ±$2,118, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,756 ±$408 in Louisiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Grambling city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	916 ±401	56.1% ±21.9	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	345 ±166	21.1% ±9.2	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	21 to 285	1.5% to 17.2%	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	14 to 96	0.9% to 5.8%	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	54 to 268	3.6% to 16.1%	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	0 to 20	0% to 1.2%	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	0 to 10	0% to 0.6%	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Grambling city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	1,857 ±448	52.4% ±12.6	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	521 ±255	52.5% ±17.8	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,165 ±406	62.3% ±14.0	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	71 to 271	12.4% to 37.8%	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Grambling city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Grambling city	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	2,004 ±336	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.5% ±8.6	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.5% ±6.8	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	31.2% ±7.2	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	68.8% ±13.7	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$181,700 ±$35,644	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$709 ±$285	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±3	1983 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Grambling city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	0 to 490	0% to 9.3%	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	444 ±201	8.4% ±3.8	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,372 ±379	82.7% ±7.2	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 56	0% to 1.1%	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.4%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 42	0% to 0.8%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 400	0% to 7.6%	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Grambling city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	4,005 ±275	75.8% ±5.2	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,079 ±237	20.4% ±4.5	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 30	0% to 0.6%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	88 to 296	1.7% to 5.6%	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	18 to 146	0.3% to 2.8%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	30 to 190	0.6% to 3.6%	2.9% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Grambling city among the places of Louisiana

101st of 102 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Places of Louisiana near Grambling city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Larose CDP	5,515 ±864
Leesville city	5,495 ±41
Chackbay CDP	5,436 ±594
Cut Off CDP	5,398 ±708
St. Martinville city	5,297 ±21
Grambling city	5,287 ±14
Gray CDP	5,154 ±968

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 3 Places by poverty rate
No. 29 Places in Louisiana by median home value
No. 46 Places in Louisiana by median rent
No. 95 Places in Louisiana by homeownership rate
No. 101 Places in Louisiana by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026