Jay County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- February 7, 1835 (authorized), 1836 (organized)
- Named after
- John Jay
- Seat
- Portland
- Largest city
- Portland
- Total
- 384.08 sq mi (994.8 km )
- Land
- 383.90 sq mi (994.3 km )
- Water
- 0.18 sq mi (0.47 km ) 0.05%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,118
- Density
- 52.5/sq mi (20.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- jaycounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 20478
- Area
- 994
- Official website
- www.co.jay.in.us
- Image
- Jay County Courthouse P4020129.jpg
- Households
- 8293
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- Commons category
- Jay County, Indiana
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.05
- native label
- Jay County
- per capita income
- 24165
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Jay County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 20,478. The county seat is Portland.
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