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The 2024 Iowa State Fair officially holds the record for the highest fair turnout, with more than 1 million people visiting this year.
A total of 1,182,682 people attended this year's fair, beating the all-time record set in 2019 by about 12,000 people.
This year's Iowa State Fair had a number of records broken including the weight for the biggest boar or single-day attendance .
How many people attended the Iowa State Fair on the final day?
A total of 100,398 people went to the final day of the Iowa State Fair on Sunday.
How does attendance at the 2024 final day of the Iowa State Fair compare to 2023?
Attendance for the final day was up 14,684 from 2023 when 85,714 people attended the Iowa State Fair.
How does 2024's Iowa State Fair attendance compare to 2023?
The Iowa State Fair had 1,182,682 people attendees in 2024, which broke the all-time fair attendance record of 1,170,375 set in 2019. This is also 48,724 more people than 2023, which saw 1,133,958 people attend.
- Day: 2024 (2023)
- Thursday: 90,822 (87,380)
- Friday: 109,854 (101,177)
- Saturday: 128,732 (118,286)
- Sunday: 115,048 (114,937)
- Monday: 92,920 (100,214)
- Tuesday: 105,384 (101,244)
- Wednesday: 99,281 (98,751)
- Thursday: 102,510 (101,475)
- Friday: 111,591 (112,048)
- Saturday: 126,142 (112,732)
- Sunday: 100,398 (85,714)
- Total: 1,182,682 (1,133,938)
How many people attended the Kidz Bop concert at the Iowa State Fair Grandstand?
The total attendance number for Kidz Bop was 5,824.
Here's the attendance from the other Grandstand acts this year:
- Lauren Daigle: 9,726
- Foreigner: 11,141
- Jelly Roll: 16,001
- Greta Van Fleet: 9,075
- Brett Young: 4,887
- Thomas Rhett: 12,475
- Mötley Crüe : 11,681
- Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias: 9,312
- The Avett Brothers: 5,068
- Ne-Yo: 7,993
- Kidz Bop : 5,824
What were the big moments at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday?
Lily Schloss won the 2024 Bill Riley Talent Search Competition. She performed "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston and won $10,000 .
The mullet competition also brought people head to head to see who had the best head of hair.
Iowa State Fair attendance: 15 biggest fairs
- 2024 : 1,182,682
- 2019: 1,170,375
- 2023: 1,133,938
- 2018: 1,130,260
- 2017: 1,130,071
- 2022: 1,118,763
- 2015 : 1,117,398
- 2008: 1,109,150
- 2012: 1,097,142
- 2021: 1,094,480
- 2011: 1,080,959
- 2004: 1,053,978
- 2013: 1,047,246
- 2016: 1,031,278
- 2014: 1,015,902
- 2006: 1,013,557
Kate Kealey is a general assignment reporter for the Des Moines Register. Reach her at kkealey@registermedia.com or follow her on Twitter at @Kkealey17 .
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Sunday attendance propels 2024 Iowa State Fair to a new all-time record
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