Monday's attendance fell short of the Labor Day record set in 2015, but three other record days propelled the 2016 fair to an overall attendance record of 1,943,719.
Day One:
Thurs., Aug. 25111,902
2015110,267
201494,256
Record (2010)119,145
Day Two:
Fri., Aug. 26141,023
2015114,292
2014118,606
Record (2016)141,023
Previous record (2010)132,738
Day Three:
Sat., Aug. 27180,567
2015188,636
2014178,498
Record (1998)202,126
Day Four:
Sun., Aug. 28177,906
2015179,724
2014164,192
Record (1994)209,969
Day Five:
Mon., Aug. 29119,522
2015130,083
2014137,813
Record (1994)143,998
Day Six:
Tues., Aug. 30126,354
2015104,697
2014133,595
Record (2014)133,595
Day Seven:
Wed., Aug. 31118,042
2015100,142
2014125,816
Record (2006)128,966
Day Eight:
Thurs., Sept. 1133,773
2015123,733
2014118,047
Record (1995)155,183
Day Nine:
Fri., Sept. 2182,926
2015159,639
2014145,026
Record (2016)182,926
Previous record (2003)179,052
Day 10:
Sat., Sept. 3260,374
2015211,126
2014252,092
Record (2016)260,374
Previous record (2014)252,092
Day 11:
Sun., Sept. 4233,303
2015178,532
2014197,459
Record (2013)236,197
Day 12:
Mon., Sept. 5158,027
2015178,867
2014159,430
Record (2015)178,867
Source: Minnesota State Fair
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