After being canceled completely in 2020 the New Mexico State Fair returned in 2021. Unfortunately thanks to the last minute imposition of a vaccine mandate by Gov. Lujan Grisham, attendance at the Fair plummeted as you can see below. The following data were provided as part of a Rio Grande Foundation request for public records.
New Mexico State Fair attendance for 2018-2021.
2018: 504,445
2019: 472,415
2020: 0
2021: 275,467
