Iowa State Fair 2025 Attendance. The iowa state fair saw 90,822 people attend the opening day on thursday, aug. Although the iowa state fair has been around since 1854, the concept of themes wasn’t started until 1965.
Next year’s fair is scheduled for aug. You can read attendance numbers below to see how 2024 compared to the last iowa state fair in 2023, 2022 and 2021.