State Fair Stats

These quirky stats prove the Minnesota State Fair is as big on numbers as it is on fun
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The Minnesota State Fair is more than just deep-fried everything on a stick—it’s a massive, quirky celebration packed with record-breaking stats, sweet surprises, and animal antics. Here are some fun facts that prove why it’s truly the Great Minnesota Get-Together.

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FAIR FIGURES

  • 12 days in August, ending on Labor Day each year
  • 1,925,904: Total attendance in 2024
  • Fairgrounds span 322 acres
  • Nearly 80 full-time, 150 seasonal, and 1,750 fair-time employees help make the Fair happen

CASH COW

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BARNYARD BUZZ

  • Nearly 200 baby animals—including calves, lambs, and piglets—are born each year at the CHS Miracle of Birth Center
  • 8,000+ livestock competitors bring 20,000+ animals
  • Each day of the Fair, Princess Kay of the Milky Way and her court are immortalized in 90-pound blocks of butter inside the Dairy Building

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SNACK STATS

  • Approx. 300 food concessions
  • 80+ foods on a stick
  • Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar bakes up to 3 million cookies a day—that’s enough to stretch more than 140 miles if you lined up all those cookies end to end
  • Apple: Most popular pie flavor entered in the Fair’s baked goods competition
  • 25,000 ears of corn are gobbled up each day of the Fair
  • 1947: Year the Pronto Pup was first debuted

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THRILLS & SKILLS

  • The Giant Slide is 50 feet tall, 170 feet long, has 25 lanes, and welcomes over 200,000 riders each year
  • 100+ acts perform across 900+ shows
  • Midway + Kidway: 60+ rides and 50+ games of skill
  • The Great Big Wheel is the tallest traveling Ferris wheel in North America, soaring 156 feet high
  • Fine Arts Exhibition: More than 2,300 pieces are submitted annually

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