MINOT – Attendance at this year's North Dakota State Fair set a new record.
According to a release from the NDSF, 356,534 people attended this year’s fair over a nine-day run from July 21-29. That’s an increase of 42,262 attendees from 2022 and a new all-time high.
The previous record attendance was 320,485 in 2013.
ND State Fair attendance:
2008 – 239,449
2009 – 296,919
2010 – 308,641
2011 – Flood, no fair
2012 – 310,889
2013 – 320,485
2014 – 314,446
2015 – 305,093
2016 – 293,123
2017 – 299,077
2018 – 318,248
2020 – Coronavirus, no fair
2021 – 310,685
2022 – 314,271
2023 – 356,534 (Record)