50,093 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.5% since 2020)
1,534 square miles of land · 33 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
16 active community water systems list Fremont County in the area they serve, reporting 53,145 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CANON CITY CITY OF surface water · local government · CO0122100 | 34,800 served |
| FLORENCE CITY OF surface water · local government · CO0122500 | 7,500 served |
| PARK CENTER WD surface water · local government · CO0122600 | 4,000 served |
| PENROSE WD surface water · local government · CO0122700 | 3,149 served |
| WILLIAMSBURG TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · CO0122950 | 775 served |
| ROCKVALE TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · CO0122800 | 504 served |
| BROOKSIDE TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · CO0122050 | 438 served |
| LAMPLIGHTER MOBILE HOME PARK buys surface water · private · CO0122467 | 420 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 1,375 people were held in Fremont County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 118.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Fremont County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $58.1 million — $47.4 million to run schools, about $14,330 per student, plus $8.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.2 million local (mostly property tax), $30.4 million state, $9.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.3 million.
Spent $26.1 million — $16.9 million to run schools, about $12,145 per student, plus $8.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.9 million.
Spent $5.3 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $18,511 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $549,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Fremont County about $22.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
137 bridges in Fremont County: 28 in good condition, 98 fair, and 11 poor (8.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 50 ML WBND over SIX MILE CREEK · built 1949 | 7,000 vehicles a day |
| US 50 ML over DRAW · built 1936 | 2,500 vehicles a day |
| MESA AVE. over OAK CREEK · built 1993 | 491 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 47 over ARKANSAS RIVER · built 1930 | 132 vehicles a day |
| CR19 / BEAR PAW over HARDSCRABBLE CREEK · built 1995 | 100 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 27 over ARKANSAS RIVER · built 1907 | 41 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $17.2 million of work in Fremont County in fiscal 2025, about $352 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Ballots mailed to voters: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-09. Drop boxes open: 2026-10-12. In-person voting at voter centers: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-03. Last day to register and still get a ballot by mail: 2026-10-26. Last suggested day to mail your ballot back: 2026-10-26. Election Day: 2026-11-03. Last day to fix a signature problem: 2026-11-12.
Source: Colorado Secretary of State, Oct. 2, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State, Sept. 23, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State — Election Day FAQs
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Nearby counties: Custer County (25 mi) · Teller County (31 mi) · Park County (48 mi) · Chaffee County (51 mi) · Saguache County (53 mi) · Pueblo County (55 mi).