Fremont County, Colorado

Fremont County
Fremont County
County
	Cañon City Municipal Building
	Flag
	Location within the U.S. state of Colorado
	Colorado's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 38°29′N 105°26′W / 38.48°N 105.44°W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Founded	November 1, 1861
Named for	John C. Frémont
Seat	Cañon City
Largest city	Cañon City
Area
• Total	1,534 sq mi (3,970 km2)
• Land	1,533 sq mi (3,970 km2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2 km2) 0.06%
Population (2020)
• Total	48,939
• Density	32/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	7th
Website	www.fremontco.com

Fremont County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,939.^[1] The county seat is Cañon City.^[2] The county is named for 19th-century explorer and presidential candidate John C. Frémont.

Fremont County comprises the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Pueblo-Cañon City, CO Combined Statistical Area.

Rural Fremont County is the location of 15 prisons; most of these are operated by the state. ADX Florence, the only federal Supermax prison in the United States, is in an unincorporated area in Fremont County, south of Florence, and is part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Florence.^[3]^[4] As of March 2015, Fremont County leads the nation among all counties as the one with the largest proportion of persons incarcerated. Prisoners are counted as part of the county population in the census, and 20% of residents are held in the prisons in the county.^[5]

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "USP Florence ADMAX Contact Information Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on December 30, 2009.
^ "Zoning Map." City of Florence, Colorado. Retrieved on December 30, 2009.
^ "Crime, Inc." The Big Picture with Kal Penn, National Geographic Channel. Aired March 30, 2015.

[2020Census-1] "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[3] "USP Florence ADMAX Contact Information Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on December 30, 2009.

[4] "Zoning Map." City of Florence, Colorado. Retrieved on December 30, 2009.

[5] "Crime, Inc." The Big Picture with Kal Penn, National Geographic Channel. Aired March 30, 2015.

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