† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGramblingLouisianaUnited States
African American†81.4%29.3%9.9%
African0.9%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
American2.6%7.4%5.3%
English1.7%7.3%9.5%
Irish1.1%6.6%9.4%
German0.9%6.9%12.5%
French0.5%9.6%1.6%
Italian0.3%4.3%4.8%
Scottish0.3%1.0%1.3%
Mexican3.5%2.1%11.3%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Grambling
Louisiana
United States
Median age
21.2
38
39.1
Age 18–24
45.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Grambling
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$39,172
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
52.4%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.4%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Grambling
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.1%
8.5%
22.3%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Grambling
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
—
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Grambling, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+87.6%
2008
+89.1%
2012
+85.2%
2016
+86.8%
2020
+80.6%
2024
+78.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
88.3%Harris999
10.2%Trump115
1.6%
D+78.1
R+2.5
D+79.6
1,132
D
89.0%Biden940
8.4%Trump89
2.6%
D+80.6
R+6.2
D+76.1
1,056
D
92.4%Clinton1,124
5.6%Trump68
2.1%
D+86.8
D+1.6
D+84.7
1,217
D
91.8%Obama1,663
6.6%Romney120
1.5%
D+85.2
R+3.9
D+81.3
1,811
D
94.2%Obama1,997
5.1%McCain109
0.7%
D+89.1
D+1.5
D+81.8
2,120
D
93.4%Kerry1,734
5.9%Bush109
0.7%
D+87.6
—
D+90.0
1,856
Grambling State University's enrollment of roughly 4,500 students gives this north Louisiana city an unusually young, majority-Black population that has historically delivered lopsided Democratic margins in Lincoln Parish, a reliably Republican parish overall.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.1 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 78.1 points.
A population of 5,287, a 7% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,172 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prairie View and Berkeley.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Grambling, Louisiana voted Democratic by 78.1 points (D+78.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,132 votes cast, 999 went Democratic and 115 went Republican.
How many people live in Grambling, Louisiana?
Grambling, Louisiana has a population of 5,287 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grambling, Louisiana?
Median household income in Grambling, Louisiana is $39,172 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Grambling, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Grambling, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
