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Grant Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 40 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22043

Within Louisiana
Grant Parish, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Colfax, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
22,075
-75 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
643.8
square miles. A further 3.2% of the total area is water
Population density
34.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Colfax
Seat of county government.
Established
1869
156 years ago
Largest city
Colfax town
Population 1,393.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Grant Parish with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Grant Parish, Louisiana from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 527 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Grant Parish ranks

Position among the 64 parishes of Louisiana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn LouisianaNationally
Population22,07540th of 641,718th of 3,144
Land area643.8 sq mi33rd of 641,478th of 3,144
Population density34.3 per sq mi39th of 641,810th of 3,144
Median household income$64,01620th of 641,706th of 3,143

Full data for Grant Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,075Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,150Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,174Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area643.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area664.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,016American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$143,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,440American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,111American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-45
214 births, 259 deaths
Net migration
0
Arrivals and departures balanced.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Grant Parish

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
LaSalle ParishLouisiana58 mi15,154
Rapides ParishLouisiana47 mi125,877
Winn ParishLouisiana42 mi14,961
Natchitoches ParishLouisiana25 mi36,089

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 parishes of Louisiana

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.