DALLAS — Fewer people went to the State Fair of Texas in 2025 than at any point in the last decade .

A total of 2,020,064 people attended during the three-week event. That’s down from more than 2.3 million in 2023 and 2024. The fair hit its peak in 2022 with more than 2.5 million visitors.

Fair organizers blame a mix of things : unfounded fears over potential immigration raids at Fair Park, hotter-than-normal temperatures, global uncertainty, the government shutdown and economic pressures on fairgoers.

But Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice, finance and managerial economics at The University of Texas at Dallas's Naveen Jindal School of Management, says it’s most likely just one of those things.

“It’s not a lack of interest. It’s a lack of disposable income,” Haynes told

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