Grambling, Louisiana

Grambling population, 2020 to 2024

Grambling lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -7. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Grambling is 45% of it.

Grambling covers 5.94 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 889 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Grambling is less dense than the typical town.

What county Grambling is in

All of Grambling's residents live in Lincoln Parish, which had 48,243 residents in 2024. Grambling holds 10.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grambling

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Grambling by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71245, 71270. 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 Grambling is

The Census internal point of Grambling is at 32.526300, -92.708000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 168.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ruston, LA (22,330 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 63.3 miles away.

Daylight in Grambling

At 32.53° N, Grambling gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grambling

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ruston, 4.3 miles away, with 22,330 people.