| Official Name: | Gray, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | Home of the annual Daylily Festival |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jones |
| Established Title: | August 22, 1911 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.22 |
| Area Land Km2: | 10.20 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.95 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.94 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3436 |
| Population Density Km2: | 336.93 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 872.75 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 183 |
| Elevation Ft: | 603 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31032 |
| Area Code: | 478 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-34512[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0327996[3] |
Gray is a city in Jones County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,276 at the 2010 census,[4] up from 1,811 at the 2000 census. In 2020, its population was 3,436. The city is the county seat of Jones County.[5] It is part of the Macon metropolitan area.
Gray was founded in the 1850s and named for local resident James M. Gray.[6] In 1905, the seat of Jones County was transferred to Gray.[7]
Gray is located in central Jones County at .[8] U.S. Route 129 passes through the center of town, leading northeast to Eatonton and southwest to Macon. Monticello is to the northwest via State Route 11, Milledgeville is to the east via State Route 22, and Gordon is to the southeast via State Route 18.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Gray has a total area of 10.1km2, of which 0.03km2, or 0.34%, are water.[4] Gray is drained to the west by tributaries of Walnut Creek, flowing to the Ocmulgee River, and to the east by tributaries of Commissioner Creek, flowing to the Oconee River.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,300 | 66.94% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 927 | 26.98% | |
| Native American | 8 | 0.23% | |
| Asian | 18 | 0.52% | |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.03% | |
| Other/Mixed | 114 | 3.32% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 1.98% |
The Jones County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school.[10] The district has 295 full-time teachers and over 5,014 students.[11]