The population of Jay county is estimated at 21,040. In 2017 there were 292 births and 217 deaths in Jay county. Jay county has 3,902 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,301 that are owned free and clear and 1,930 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jay County filed 9,400 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Indiana filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Jay had a combined total federal tax liability of $51,766,000 on earned income of $380,422,000. Other notable statistics from Jay County were 210 unemployment claims which collected a total of $699,000 and 690 charitable contributions valued at $3,557,000. 890 filings from Jay County paid a combined total of $1,025,000 in property taxes and 680 filings paid $3,222,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jay county had 67 religious congregations with an estimated 8,220 members.
10.5% of the Jay population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 38% of Jay County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 65 votes.
At $46,740 the median income is 86.3% of the Indiana average. An estimated 346 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jay, the equivalant of around 3.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Jay County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,042	Manufacturing
1,111	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
819	Health care and social assistance
650	Retail trade
545	Accommodation and food services
466	Food services and drinking places
244	Full-service restaurants
185	Wholesale trade
156	Finance and insurance
124	Ambulatory health care services
103	Credit intermediation and related activities
100	Food and beverage stores
99	Other services (except public administration)
99	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
99	Machinery manufacturing

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