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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1966 



VISITORS 



The estimated number of visitors to the Zoo was 3,476,584, which 

 was 139,636 less than for the year 1954. 



Since the daily attendance record of visitors is based entirely upon 

 estimates rather than actual counts, it is entirely possible that there 

 was not really a decline in the total. In spite of possible errors, it is 

 obvious that the attendance is regularly between 3 and 3l^ million 

 visitors each year. 



By actual count, 10,674 visitors entered the reptile house on Sunday, 

 September 5, 1954, and 9,313 on Monday, September 6. The esti- 

 mated total attendance for the Park on those dates was 45,000 and 

 40,000, respectively. These figures are typical of holiday and weekend 

 attendance. 



Estimated number of visitors for fiscal year 1955 



February 101, 750 



March 197, 500 



April 468, 384 



May 403, 500 



June 336, 500 



July (1954) 484,000 



August 550, 000 



September 328, 000 



October 277, 200 



November 143, 400 



December 58, 800 



January (1955) 127,550 Total 3,476,584 



Groups came to the Zoo from schools in Canada, Colombia, South 

 America, and 31 States, some as far away as Maine, Florida, Missis- 

 sippi, and Minnesota. 



Number of groups from schools 



Locality 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Canada. 



Colombia, S. A 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Georgia 



nilnois 



Indiana 



Iowa .- 



Kansas.- 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Maryland 



M assachusetts 



Number 

 of groups 



22 

 2 

 1 

 1 



16 



8 



138 



11 



66 

 4 

 8 

 1 

 1 

 7 



20 

 649 



10 



Number 

 In groups 



43 

 22 

 37 



798 



284 



7,037 



1,378 



5,595 



122 



528 



27 



30 



321 



900 



34, 294 



470 



Locality 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



New Hampsliire 



New Jersey 



New York ., 



North Carolina- 

 Ohio 



Pennsylvania... 

 South Carolina.. 



Tennessee 



Virginia 



West Virginia... 

 Wisconsin 



Total 



Number 

 of groups 



9 



4 



8 



2 



10 



103 



256 



48 



241 



84 



73 



568 



48 



3 



2,319 



Number 

 in groups 



623 



155 



357 



112 



574 



6,759 



10, 433 



2,244 



12, 573 



3,503 



3,412 



33, 010 



3,766 



257 



130, 458 



About 2 p. m. each day the cars then parked in the Zoo are counted 

 and listed according to the State, Territory, or country from which 

 they came. This is, of course, not a census of the cars coming to the 

 Zoo, but is valuable in showing the percentage of attendance, by 

 States, of people in private automobiles. Many District of Columbia, 



