The National Park Service's Social Science Program coordinates the collection of visitor use statistics for more than 400 national parks throughout the year. Official statistics are traditionally reported during the first few months of a new year. Learn more about visitation statistics collection and find official reports by the National Park Service. Use the NPS Stats database to find national summaries, additional data and reports for individual parks, and data for past years.
Resources
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Science of Visitation
Learn more about how the National Park Service conducts studies and analyzes visitation numbers.
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Annual Visitation Trends
Find quick highlights of recreational visits to national parks from the previous calendar year.
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IRMA Stats Database
Use the database to crunch numbers and run reports on various visitation-related statistics.
Recreation Visits by Year
1904 |
120,690 |
1930 |
3,038,935 |
1956 |
53,872,100 |
1982 |
244,924,579 |
2008 |
274,852,949 |
1905 |
140,954 |
1931 |
3,217,674 |
1957 |
58,220,600 |
1983 |
243.619.396 |
2009 |
285,579,941 |
1906 |
30,569 |
1932 |
3,551,885 |
1958 |
58,466,800 |
1984 |
248.785.509 |
2010 |
281,303,769 |
1907 |
32,935 |
1933 |
3,255,684 |
1959 |
62,834,000 |
1985 |
263.441.808 |
2011 |
278,939,216 |
1908 |
42,768 |
1934 |
6,095,201 |
1960 |
71,586,000 |
1986 |
281,094,850 |
2012 |
282,765,682 |
1909 |
60,899 |
1935 |
7,435,659 |
1961 |
78,933,900 |
1987 |
287,244,998 |
2013 |
273,630,895 |
1910 |
173,416 |
1936 |
11,749,790 |
1962 |
88,548,300 |
1988 |
282,451,441 |
2014 |
292,800,082 |
1911 |
194,207 |
1937 |
14,838,640 |
1963 |
101,959,800 |
1989 |
269,399,837 |
2015 |
307,247,252 |
1912 |
198,334 |
1938 |
16,019,483 |
1964 |
109,190,300 |
1990 |
255,581,467 |
2016 |
330,971,689 |
1913 |
216,853 |
1939 |
15,141,032 |
1965 |
118,662,500 |
1991 |
267,840,999 |
2017 |
330,882,751 |
1914 |
209,693 |
1940 |
16,410,148 |
1966 |
129,282,100 |
1992 |
274,694,549 |
2018 |
318,211,833 |
1915 |
314,299 |
1941 |
20,487,633 |
1967 |
135,414,200 |
1993 |
273,120,925 |
2019 |
327,516,619 |
1916 |
326,506 |
1942 |
8,891,495 |
1968 |
145,449,500 |
1994 |
268,636,169 |
2020 |
237,064,332 |
1917 |
453,498 |
1943 |
6,383,513 |
1969 |
159,103,500 |
1995 |
269,564,307 |
2021 |
297,115,406 |
1918 |
436,222 |
1944 |
7,723,790 |
1970 |
168,135,100 |
1996 |
265,796,163 |
2022 |
311,985,998
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1919 |
781,178 |
1945 |
10,855,548 |
1971 |
151,265,400 |
1997 |
275,236,335 |
2023 |
325,498,646
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1920 |
1,022,091 |
1946 |
20,918,012 |
1972 |
163,156,569 |
1998 |
286,762,265 |
Total |
16,028,810,612 |
1921 |
1,101,697 |
1947 |
24,258,527 |
1973 |
166,572,300 |
1999 |
287,130,879 |
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1922 |
1,136,949 |
1948 |
26,294,795 |
1974 |
168,686,500 |
2000 |
285,891,275 |
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1923 |
1,364,024 |
1949 |
29,124,837 |
1975 |
188,085,700 |
2001 |
279,873,926 |
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1924 |
1,527,999 |
1950 |
32,706,172 |
1976 |
215,359,800 |
2002 |
227,299,880 |
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1925 |
1,900,499 |
1951 |
36,613,178 |
1977 |
209,370,600 |
2003 |
266,230,290 |
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1926 |
2,162,640 |
1952 |
41,804,313 |
1978 |
221,127,705 |
2004 |
276,908,337 |
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1927 |
2,465,058 |
1953 |
45,679,754 |
1979 |
205,369,795 |
2005 |
273,488,751 |
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1928 |
2,703,753 |
1954 |
47,967,800 |
1980 |
220,463,211 |
2006 |
272,623,980 |
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1929 |
3,010,912 |
1955 |
48,891,000 |
1981 |
238,592,669 |
2007 |
275,581,547 |
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