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Y'all ate a lot of corny dogs: All the very Texas numbers produced by the State Fair

Here's a look at the State Fair, by the numbers, after it concluded its three-week run in Dallas.

DALLAS — The State Fair of Texas does nothing small.

Big Tex, big crowds, big football.

That's why the numbers released by the fair after Sunday's final day weren't shocking, even if they are a little staggering.

Here's a look at the State Fair, by the numbers, after it concluded its three-week run in Dallas:

2.4 million 

The number of total fairgoers who visited the State Fair of Texas this year. If you think that means a lot of corny dogs were consumed, you're not wrong.

583,000 

The number of Fletcher's Corny Dogs sold at the fair. Honestly, thought this one might be higher. They seemed to be purchased two at a time, if not more. 

24,000 

Pounds of hay consumed by livestock at the fair. No word on the number of corny dogs consumed.

90,000 

The number of pounds of pure cane sugar used to make cotton candy at the fair. That's a total figure, not per serving, by the way.

430,000 

The number of plush prizes won at the fair. Which tells us y'all don't have the best aim, if 2.1 million of you attended the fair.

2,166 

The number of participants in the State Fair's cooking contests. The deep-fried genius is a community effort.

166,000 

The number of rides taken on the State Fair's ferris wheel. Round and round it went.

$130,000 

The selling price for the Grand Champion Market Steer at the State Fair's Youth Livestock Auction. The steer, named "Blondie," was shown by 17-year-old Aven Horn of Jones County.

13,000 

The number of calls taken by the fair's Big Tex Contact Center during the fair's run. 

60 

The number of animal births in the fair's Livestock Birthing Barn during the fair.

$1.2 million 

The amount of scholarship money the Fair awarded to more than 200 students across Texas this year.

12.7 million 

The number of kernels of popcorn popped in 24 days at the Pioneer Kettle Korn stand. It's corn, kind of.

   

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