Attendees: A Golden Treasure
Californians love their fairs and fairground events.
  • Fairtime attendance exceeded 11.1 million in 2002, and interim events attracted another 21.6 million people. Total annual attendance on fairgrounds is almost 33 million people -- roughly the same as California's population of nearly 35 million.
  • Paso Robles -- with a population of 25,200 -- hosts the California Mid-State Fair that draws more than 475,000 attendees throughout the year. Ventura -- with a population of 110,000 -- hosts the Ventura County Fair that draws more than 721,000 attendees.
  • The average visitor attends the fair 2.1 times per year and lives within 100 miles.