Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Grambling run?
Grambling’s city government spent $5.1 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $991 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Grambling didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Grambling is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $991 per resident a year, or $2.72 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 36%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Grambling didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Grambling yet
Every year of Grambling’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, up from 34 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $416 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.23% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Grambling’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Grambling’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Grambling →
Who’s in charge in Grambling
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 138 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (5,114).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Lincoln Parish School District
Grambling’s K–12 school district, shared with Choudrant, Dubach, Ruston, Simsboro, Vienna and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,471 per pupil, $8,822 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Louisiana districts overall: 47% local, 34% state, 19% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Grambling.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Louisiana HouseGrambling is split between 2 districts
- 3Louisiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Louisiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Grambling compares with the towns next door
Grambling’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 1 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $1,182 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Ruston | $1,182 | $1,110 |
| Grambling | estimate | $416 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Grambling’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Grambling’s government
How much does Grambling spend per resident?
About $991 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Grambling didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $5.8 million.
What is the property tax rate in Grambling?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $416 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.23% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Grambling’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Grambling yet.
How many people work for Grambling?
37 full-time and 39 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $304,771 (about $3.7M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Grambling in the state legislature?
Grambling is split among 2 State House districts and 2 State Senate districts, so your address decides. The Louisiana Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Grambling’s government
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Grambling, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →