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APPENDIX B
ANNUAL VISITATION FIGURES
Opening of the Highway 35/50 Bypass in 1968 resulted in a dip in attendance with many complaints received concerning lack of directional signs. In late December 1969, Mound City Group reported its one-millionth visitor. [See "Mound City Visitor Total Crosses One-Million Mark," Chillicothe Gazette (27 February 1970)]. In the late 1970s, NPS instituted a different method of gathering and calculating visitation data, thereby explaining the apparent visitation drop. In recent years, adoption of an entrance fee explains declining or flattening of visitation figures.
| 1946: | 9,039 | 1976: | 66,600 | |
| 1947: | 32,322 | 1977: | 84,100 | |
| 1948: | 35,470 | 1978: | 70,487 | |
| 1949: | 41,604 | 1979: | 51,915 | |
| 1950: | 44,484 | 1980: | 57,539 | |
| 1951: | 44,181 | 1981: | 60,528 | |
| 1952: | 44,683 | 1982: | 44,051 | |
| 1953: | 49,771 | 1983: | 43,339 | |
| 1954: | 55,000 | 1984: | 42,420 | |
| 1955: | 53,000 | 1985: | 39,632 | |
| 1956: | 44,500 | 1986: | 43,172 | |
| 1957: | 43,400 | 1987: | 46,172 | |
| 1958: | 41,600 | 1988: | 42,952 | |
| 1959: | 43,000 | 1989: | 42,123 | |
| 1960: | 29,000 | 1990: | 38,509 | |
| 1961: | 31,800 | 1991: | 42,322 | |
| 1962: | 30,700 | 1992: | 41,402 | |
| 1963: | 43,800 | 1993: | 33,832 | |
| 1964: | 45,800 | 1994: | 37,042 | |
| 1965: | 56,000 | 1995: | 38,836 | |
| 1966: | unavailable | 1996: | 37,005 | |
| 1967: | unavailable | 1997: | 34,660 | |
| 1968: | 54,300 | 1998: | ||
| 1969: | 47,200 | 1999: | ||
| 1970: | 70,000 | 2000: | ||
| 1971: | 66,400 | 2001: | ||
| 1972: | 84,191 | 2002: | ||
| 1973: | 85,900 | 2003: | ||
| 1974: | 82,800 | 2004: | ||
| 1975: | 97,600 | 2005: |