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Attendance at the 2022 NC State Fair reached pre-pandemic levels.
Final statistics were revealed on Monday, showing that 960,172 people attended the fair over its 11-day run, which ended on Sunday.
On the first day of the event, Oct. 13, attendance was roughly double that of 2021. Over 47,300 people attended the fair, compared to about 27,200 on the first day of last year.
Each day of this year’s fair had more visitors than the previous year’s fair days. The 2020 fair was postponed due to the epidemic. With individuals remaining wary of large crowds and others still getting vaccinated, the 2021 attendance figures experienced a drop, with 824,328 total fair-goers.
Here are this year’s numbers:
- Thursday, Oct. 13: 47,309
- Friday, Oct. 14: 66,519
- Saturday, Oct. 15: 115,586
- Sunday, Oct. 16: 105,247
- Monday, Oct. 17: 64,068
- Tuesday, Oct. 18: 69,327
- Wednesday, Oct. 19: 66,057
- Thursday, Oct. 20: 92,300
- Friday, Oct. 21: 90,994
- Saturday, Oct. 22: 136,961
- Sunday, Oct. 23: 105,804
