Colorado · Census place 0827040

Florence, Colorado

Florence is a city in Fremont County, Colorado with an estimated 3,883 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 89th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,883
#89 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+39 people
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
865 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Florence. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Florence population, 2020 to 2024

Florence added 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +16.

3,84420203,91020213,87120223,86720233,8832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,832. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Florence covers 4.49 square miles of land, for 865 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Florence is less dense than the typical town.

What county Florence is in

All of Florence's residents live in Fremont County, which had 50,093 residents in 2024. Florence holds 7.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Florence

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Florence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 81226. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Florence is

The Census internal point of Florence is at 38.379600, -105.100200. Denver, the capital, is 94.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cañon City, CO (17,193 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO, 27.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.379600, -105.100200
DMS
38°22'46.56"N 105°06'0.72"W
UTM
13N 491248.2E 4247938.5N
Geohash
9wv626u37
Plus code
85CP9VHX+RW

Daylight in Florence

At 38.38° N, Florence gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Florence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Cañon City, 7.8 miles away, with 17,193 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Florence, CO?

3,883 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 39 (1.0%) from 3,844 in July 2020.

What county is Florence in?

Fremont County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Florence?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81226.

How far is Florence from Denver?

94.1 miles (151.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Florence.

What is the nearest larger city to Florence?

Cañon City, CO, with 17,193 residents, 7.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.