A Million Puffs Leave the Pavilion, WI Fair Sees Numbers Up News | August 16, 2023 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy The Wisconsin State Fair saw more than a million visitors this year. Fair managers yesterday released the numbers for the 2023 Fair. The headcount for this year jumped by about 40-thousand people, which is a four-percent increase over last year’s numbers. The Fair saw well over a million people before the coronavirus, and this year’s numbers are not quite there. In addition to the million people, the fair says visitors bought 300-thousand cream puffs and rode the giant slide 100-thousand times.