(Radio Iowa) – Attendance at this year’s State Fair has set a record. Over 1,182,000 (One-million 182-thousand) people attended the 2024 Iowa State Fair, which ended Sunday. In addition to the overall record, a single day record of nearly 123,000 was set on Saturday, August 10th. Daily attendance dropped below 100,000 on just two days — last Tuesday and Wednesday.

Iowa State Fair’s Grand Concourse on Aug. 16, 2024. (RI photo)

This was Iowa’s 170th State Fair. The previous attendance record was set in 2019.