Oklahoma · Census place 4037650

Jay, Oklahoma

Jay is a city in Delaware County, Oklahoma with an estimated 2,474 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,474
#128 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+54 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
743 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Jay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Jay population, 2020 to 2024

Jay added 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,422. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jay covers 3.33 square miles of land, for 743 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Jay is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jay is in

All of Jay's residents live in Delaware County, which had 41,771 residents in 2024. Jay holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 74346. 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 Jay is

The Census internal point of Jay is at 36.427100, -94.795600. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 164.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grove, OK (7,327 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 42.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.427100, -94.795600
DMS
36°25'37.56"N 94°47'44.16"W
UTM
15N 339036.1E 4032819.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
8687C6G3+RQ

Daylight in Jay

At 36.43° N, Jay gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Grove, 10.9 miles away, with 7,327 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jay, OK?

2,474 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 54 (2.2%) from 2,420 in July 2020.

What county is Jay in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 74346.

How far is Jay from Oklahoma City?

164.6 miles (264.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Jay.

What is the nearest larger city to Jay?

Grove, OK, with 7,327 residents, 10.9 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.