Jury Pool Profile
Fremont County, Colorado
- County seat
- Cañon City
- Judicial district
- 11th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 50,039
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 49,634.
At a glance
Fremont County is a 50,039-person venue. The county population is 84% White (Census race-alone categories). 13% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 77.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $63,195, $33,676 below the CO state median of $96,871; 22.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 27.4% of covered employment, average pay $82,093/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.05%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 68% of the vote each time. 16% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 7,664 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 49,634
- Median household income
- $62,664
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 84% / 3%.
Fremont County has a population of 49,634, with a median age of 44.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.2%; Black residents 3.4%. Independently, 13.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,195; 22.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Public administration, 3,992 jobs; Education & health services, 3,451, is within 20% of it.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 27.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 23.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.05%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 68%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Fremont County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 68.0% in 2024, 68.5% in 2020, 68.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 10.5% of the adult civilian population (4,378 individuals).