Friday's State Fair attendance, at 182,926, set a record for Day Nine attendance. Here are fair numbers so far:
Day One:
Thurs., Aug. 25 111,902
2015 110,267
2014 94,256
Record 119,145 (2010)
Day Two:
Fri., Aug. 26 141,023
Friday's State Fair attendance sets Day Nine record
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2015 114,292
2014 118,606
Record 141,023 (this year)
Previous record 132,738 (2010)
Day Three:
Sat., Aug. 27 180,567
2015 188,636
2014 178,498
Record 202,126 (1998)
Day Four:
Sun., Aug. 28 177,906
2015 179,724
2014 164,192
Record 209,969 (1994)
Day Five:
Mon., Aug. 29 119,522
2015 130,083
2014 137,813
Record 143,998 (1994)
Day Six:
Tues., Aug. 30 126,354
2015 104,697
2014 133,595
Record 133,595 (2014)
Day Seven:
Wed., Aug. 31 118,042
2015 100,142
2014 125,816
Record 128,966 (2006)
Day Eight:
Thurs., Sept. 1 133,773
2015 123,733
2014 118,047
Record 155,183 (1995)
Day Nine:
Fri., Sept. 2 182,926
2015 159,639
2014 145,026
Record 182,926 (this year; previous record was 179,052 in 2003)
Source: Minnesota State Fair
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