Park Statistics

Ranger Fabian leads a guided ranger program outside Little Rock Central High School.

NPS Photo

 

Yearly Visitation

Visitation to Little Rock Central High School NHS has grown significantly since the site began operations in 1998. Every year, the NHS welcomes visitors from across the nation and around the world to walk in the footsteps of the Little Rock Nine.

2013 - 114,144 visitors
2014 - 115,908
2015 - 125,956
2016 - 129,540
2017 - 170,413

2018 - 149,098
2019 - 168,918
2020 - 68,497
2021 - 84,839
2022 - 92,108

 

By the Numbers - 2022

• 38,500 youth engaged in over 140 programs
• 12,440 attendees to community programs
• 5,954 virtual program participants
• 1,800 Junior Ranger badges awarded
• 1,084 4^th graders engaged across the Every Kid Outdoors program

 

2022 Cumulative Benefit to the Local Economy

In 2022, 92.1 thousand park visitors spent an estimated $6.1 million in local gateway regions while visiting Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. These expenditures supported a total of 90 jobs, $2.5 million in labor income, $4.5 million in value added, and $8.4 million in economic output in local gateway economies surrounding Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.

For more information on the economic contributions of National Park Service visitor spending at the national, state, and local levels for other sites, visit this website.