Saturday attendance broke record at the Minnesota State Fair

More than a quarter-million fairgoers set a second-Saturday attendance record, beating the previous record for that day by about 8,000. Saturday's turnout followed a record-setting Friday. The fair ends Monday. Here are fair numbers so far:

Day One:

Thurs., Aug. 25 111,902

2015 110,267

2014 94,256

Record 119,145 (2010)

Day Two:

Fri., Aug. 26 141,023

2015 114,292

2014 118,606

Record 141,023 (2016)

Previous record 132,738 (2010)

Day Three:

Sat., Aug. 27 180,567

2015 188,636

2014 178,498

Record 202,126 (1998)

Day Four:

Sun., Aug. 28 177,906

2015 179,724

2014 164,192

Record 209,969 (1994)

Day Five:

Mon., Aug. 29 119,522

2015 130,083

2014 137,813

Record 143,998 (1994)

Day Six:

Tues., Aug. 30 126,354

2015 104,697

2014 133,595

Record 133,595 (2014)

Day Seven:

Wed., Aug. 31 118,042

2015 100,142

2014 125,816

Record 128,966 (2006)

Day Eight:

Thurs., Sept. 1 133,773

2015 123,733

2014 118,047

Record 155,183 (1995)

Day Nine:

Fri., Sept. 2 182,926

2015 159,639

2014 145,026

Record 182,926 (2016)

Previous record 179,052 (2003)

Day Ten:

Sat., Sept. 3 260,374

2015 211,126

2014 252,092

Record 260,374 (2016)

Previous record 252,092 (2014)

Source: Minnesota State Fair