Editing Grambling, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Grambling, Louisiana
| official_name            = City of Grambling
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| image_skyline            = President's Home at Grambling State Univ. IMG 3674.JPG
| imagesize                = 225px
| image_caption            = University President's Home at Grambling State University
| image_map                = File:Lincoln Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Grambling Highlighted.svg
| map_caption              = Location of Grambling in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
| pushpin_map              = Louisiana
<!-- Location ---->
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = State
| subdivision_name1        = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2        = Parish
| subdivision_name2        = [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln]]
<!-- Government -->
| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 
| established_title2       = Incorporated (city)
| established_date2        = 1992
| founder                  = 
| named_for                = 
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_party             = 
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = 
<!-- Area ----->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 15.34
| area_total_sq_mi         = 5.92
| area_land_km2            = 15.29
| area_land_sq_mi          = 5.90
| area_water_km2           = 0.06
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.02
<!-- Population -->
| population_total         = 5239
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_density_km2   = 342.69
| population_density_sq_mi = 887.51
<!-- General information -->
| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 302
| coordinates              = {{coord|32|31|39|N|92|42|44|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type         = ZIP code
| postal_code              = 71245
| area_code_type           = Area code
| area_code                = [[Area code 318|318]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 22-30515
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2403723<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2403723}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://cityofgrambling.org/}}
}}	

'''Grambling''' is a city in [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 5,239 in 2020. The city is home to [[Grambling State University]] and is part of the [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] [[Ruston micropolitan area|micropolitan statistical area]].

Grambling was designated a "city" in the early 1990s (either in 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |title=Boundary Changes |work=Geographic Change Notes: Louisiana |publisher=Population Division, United States Census Bureau |date=2006-05-19 |access-date=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806133317/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |archive-date=2010-08-06 }}</ref> or 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egrambling.com/History.htm|title=The City of Grambling: Historical Information|url-status=dead|publisher=Reginald Owens|access-date=2008-10-24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20081011022234/http://www.egrambling.com/History.htm|archive-date=2008-10-11}}</ref>), but was erroneously considered a "town" during the 2000 census.

==Geography==
Grambling is located at {{Coord|32|31|39|N|92|42|50|W|type:city}} (32.527427, -92.713987).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|5.5|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.36%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 3144
|1970= 4407
|1980= 4226
|1990= 5484
|2000= 4693
|2010= 4949
|2020= 5239
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Grambling racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2230515&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 30
| 0.57%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 5,054
| 96.47%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 6
| 0.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 6
| 0.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 107
| 2.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 36
| 0.69%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,239 people, 1,812 households, and 1,118 families residing in the city.

==Arts and culture==
*Grambling Memorial Gardens
*Eddie G. Robinson Museum

==Education==
<gallery widths="240px" heights="180px" class="center">
File:Eddie G. Robinson Museum, Grambling, LA IMG 0092.JPG|[[Eddie Robinson (American football coach)|Eddie G. Robinson]] Museum at Grambling State University
</gallery>
The city is home to [[Grambling State University]], a [[State university system|public]], [[coeducation]]al, and [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[university]] founded in 1901 and accredited in 1949.

[[Lincoln Preparatory School (Grambling, Louisiana)|Lincoln Preparatory School]] is a [[charter school]] located in Grambling that serves (Grades K-12).

==Notable people==
*[[Edward H. Adams]] (1910–1958), basketball player and coach
*[[Jophery Brown]] (1945–2014), stuntman and [[Chicago Cubs]] pitcher, born in Grambling
*[[Ralph Garr]] (born 1945), baseball player, attended Grambling College
*[[Paul Millsap]] (born 1985), professional basketball player with the [[Denver Nuggets]]
*[[Eddie Robinson (Grambling football coach)|Eddie Robinson]] (1919–2007), head football coach at Grambling
*[[Doug Williams (quarterback)|Doug Williams]] (born 1955), player and head football coach at Grambling
*[[Paul "Tank" Younger]] (1928–2001), [[National Football League]] (NFL) player

==Highways==
* Interstate = [[File:I-20.svg|30px|link=Interstate 20]]
* U.S. =  [[File:US 80.svg|30px|link=U.S. Route 80]]
* Louisiana  = [[File:Louisiana 149 (2008).svg|30px|link=List of state highways in Louisiana (100–149)]] [[File:Louisiana 150 (2008).svg|30px|link=List of state highways in Louisiana (150–199)]] [[File:Louisiana 818 (2008).svg|30px|link=List of state highways in Louisiana (800–849)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}http://cityofgrambling.org/<nowiki/>{{Lincoln Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Grambling, Louisiana| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Cities in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Cities in Ruston micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Cities in the Ark-La-Tex]]