Georgia · Census place 1334512

Gray, Georgia

Gray is a city in Jones County, Georgia with an estimated 3,541 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 183rd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,541
#183 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+53 people
Land area
4.0 sq mi
Density
892 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Gray. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Gray population, 2020 to 2024

Gray added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -16.

3,48820203,48420213,49120223,55720233,5412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,484. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gray covers 3.97 square miles of land, for 892 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Gray is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gray is in

All of Gray's residents live in Jones County, which had 29,047 residents in 2024. Gray holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gray

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gray by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31032. 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 Gray is

The Census internal point of Gray is at 33.002000, -83.540900. Atlanta, the capital, is 71.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Macon-Bibb County, GA (157,056 people), 16.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.002000, -83.540900
DMS
33°00'7.20"N 83°32'27.24"W
UTM
17N 262613.2E 3654376.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
865R2F25+RJ

Daylight in Gray

At 33.00° N, Gray gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gray

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Gordon, 14.4 miles away, with 1,720 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gray, GA?

3,541 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 53 (1.5%) from 3,488 in July 2020.

What county is Gray in?

Jones County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Gray?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31032.

How far is Gray from Atlanta?

71.1 miles (114.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Gray.

What is the nearest larger city to Gray?

Macon-Bibb County, GA, with 157,056 residents, 16.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.