Attendance

 

Historical Attendance

Year

Thu.

Fri.

Sat.

Sun.

Mon.

Tue.

Wed.

Thu.

Fri.

Sat.

Sun.

Total

1990
n/a
60,074
85,446
71,633
 47,264
51,361
 109,077 33,997 75,353 114,977 56,791 705,973
1991
n/a
53,869
110,920
67,441
 41,890
51,594
 89,856 56,666 73,578 112,582 53,277 710,673
1992
n/a
46,646
100,116
70,281
 39,974
47,703
 62,831 54,709 88,799 118,006 55,606 684,671
1993
n/a
73,448
83,573
58,207
 45,768
48,377
 58,633 45,781 69,094 119,448 62,861 665,190
1994
n/a
15,546
80,027
89,212
 86,798
60,788
 47,894 34,876 72,736 131,604 58,802 678,283
1995
n/a
42,479
69,279
89,237
 43,358
56,257
 58,686 93,179 47,796 130,092 68,940 699,303
1996
n/a
34,455
110,574
89,309
 54,391
63,995
 43,012 86,285 74,508 131,287 71,613 759,429
1997
n/a
44,106
54,500
28,736
 56,008
65,099
 82,675 57,399 77,299 136,939 31,379 634,140
1998
n/a
57,948
110,087
94,660
 53,131
61,238
 55,598 79,440 72,417 122,276 72,561 779,356
1999
n/a
49,812
104,352
19,762
 55,650
57,779
 26,276 89,598 87,812 136,832 79,574 707,447
2000
n/a
53,331
107,971
94,959
 69,580
60,275
 58,343 96,904 86,075 137,513 81,773 846,724
2001
n/a
47,940
77,747
46,540
 51,921
54,116
 57,330 84,975 84,538 113,450 76,620 695,177
2002
n/a
54,036
86,533
80685
 34,563
53,226
 73,763 67,634 46,876 118,905 80,756 696,977
2003
n/a
61,364
115,016
97,655
 54,579
65,923
 64,152 96,614 78,855 129,589 70,208 833,955
2004
n/a
61,289
118,640
95,043
 60,296
61,288
 57,718 91,556 88,822 119,461 82,206 836,319
2005
n/a
52,201
103,512
90,153
 52,983
59,945
 61,306 92,233 81,722 111,634 90,241 795,930
2006
n/a
52,527
94,963
91,768
 55,989
30,840
 65,976 103,323 81,734 145,461 63,375 785,956
2007
n/a
57,798
102,325
93,473
 63,032
69,817
 75,746 88,801 63,231 145,955 98,433 858,611
2008
35,215
42,666
87,457
85,495
 54,532
71,199
 67,028 80,094 63,310 76,296 101,775 765,067
2009
37,932
60,369
105,885
70,294
 62,945
71,537
 86,240 108,929 90,166 79,272 104,370 877,939
2010
47,677
77,485
131,699
112,130
 78,748
81,553
 69,735 125,573 105,073 151,647 110,567 1,091,887
2011
44,167
72,550
127,674
107,112
 73,729
74,961
 49,710 112,822 94,314 146,635 105,499 1,009,173
2012
42,854
67,508
118,433
100,744
 51,781
75,564
 75,644 101,272 92,418 139,484 99,595 965,297
2013
42,626
72,794
116,267
105,310
 67,770
68,092
 68,252 102,176 82,163 122,223 98,221 927,563
2014
46,478
73,571
126,666
94,691
62,499
66,758
 63,616 93,808 87,827 126,629 97,604 929,748
2015
50,327
90,954
 126,666 97,906 63,989 69,687 71,348 104,887 95,685 140,886 107,397 1,019,732
2016
40,449
78,364
 119,117 109,429 75,243 75,995 72,654 104,852 85,473 150,747 116,041 1,028,364
2017 57,083 71,211 113,291 99,148 55,041 76,844 75,041 104,409 100,516 148,424 113,470 1,014,478
2018 CLOSED 78,275 123,303 101,003 71,538 71,287 74,153 110,322 109,396 107,660 130,319 977,256
2019 42,898 78,019 111,438 68,538 80,167 50,653 82,311 116,017 94,491 136,448 77,049 938,029
2020
The 2020 N.C. State Fair was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the health and safety of fairgoers.
2021 27,209 56,034 83,739 93,182 57,852 59,002 58,441 78,107 79,049 126,715 104,998 824,328
2022 47,309 66,519 115,586 105,247 64,068 69,327 66,057 92,300

90,994

 136,961 105,804 960,172
2023                        

 

Attendance Averages & Records

Day

Record Attendance

10-year average (2013-2022)
*does not include 2020

Historical Average (1992-2022)
*does not include 2020

Thursday 2017: 57,083 44,137 40,159
Friday 2015: 90,954 73,325 66,277
Saturday 1984: 139,261 115,451 111,411
Sunday 2010: 112,130 97,520 94,950
Monday 1994: 86,798 64,995 62,067
Tuesday 2010: 81,553 68,321 66,175
Wednesday 1990: 109,077 70,752 68,945
Thursday 2010: 125,573 100,815 98,787
Friday 2018: 109,396 91,801 85,606
Saturday 2010: 151,647 133,618 128,052
Sunday 2018: 130,319 105,050 97,896
Total 2010: 1,091,887 958,497 906,839