> 1,345,961 — Number of people who attended the Big E in 2015
> 17 — Number of days of the festival in West Springfield, which this year runs from September 16 to October 2
> 1916 — First year of the Eastern States Exposition
> 1968 — First year that the Eastern States Exhibition was officially referred to as the Big E
> 6 — Number of states represented at the fair (all of New England)
> 115 — Height in feet of the Giant Wheel
> 175 — Acres of land the fair occupies
> 1,260 — Total number of entries in the 2016 creative-arts competitions, the most ever
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> 1,383 — Weight in pounds of the record-breaking giant pumpkin that won last year's adult competition
> 500,000+ — Strings of Mardi Gras beads that were tossed at the Big E in 2015
> 66,000 — Number of baked potatoes sold in 2015 by the Maine Potato Board
> 50,000 — Number of cream puffs sold at the Big E in 2015
> 22 — Number of days before the fair that planners begin putting eggs into incubators to ensure chicks will hatch every day of the Big E
> 144 — Number of eggs set in those incubators each day
Source: Eastern States Exhibition