My Photo Library says it is using 2.3 GB of storage, but I only have 30 pictures in my camera roll and nothing else.

I ran out of storage on my iPad Air, so I attempted to clean it up to make more room.  I deleted all but 30 pictures from the iPad's camera roll.  I have no other albums.  I even deleted the 'recently deleted' photos in case.  I restarted.  I turned off photo stream.  It still says that my Photo Library is using 2.3 BG and my shared Photo Stream is using 4.6 KB.  When i look st my photos on my computer (attached to the iPad with USB0 it says that my photos only take up 42.9 MB.  I just want to get all of the storage space I can.

Any videos in Camera Roll?
Make sure you are reading GB and not MB. At the top of Usage what are the "Available" and "Used" numbers?
You should also try a Reset which could make the numbers display propperly:
From the Home screen double tap the Home button to view the multitasking bar at the bottom. Tap and hold an app at the bottom till the icons wiggle with the minus button visible. Tap the button to close all apps then tap the Home button to get back to the Home page. Press and hold the Sleep button till you see the Slide to power off message and power it off. Once powered down completely press and hold the sleep button till the Apple icon appears.
I have had an instance were I had to Restore my iPad due to photos not properly deleting from the Photo Library. Restore using a Backup which should return your 2 photos in Camera Roll. If it still doesn't fix it you'll have to Restore as new.

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