After a final count, it's official: 43,434 people attended the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, making it the most-attended jamboree since 1973. As many of you may remember, the '73 event was held on separate sites, one in Idaho and one in Pennsylvania, which helped boost the numbers.
That means this year's celebration was the most-attended single-site jamboree since 1964. That year's edition of the event, held in Valley Forge, Pa., had 50,960 attendees.
The final attendance number includes 30,867 youth participants, 3,726 adult leaders, and 8,841 staff members. Day visitors aren't part of the attendance count.
Beginning with the 1977 jamboree at Pennsylvania's Moraine State Park, jamboree attendance numbers have risen at each event. This year's total topped the attendance number from 2005 by just 127 people.
In all, there have been a total of 708,485 attendees at the BSA's 17 jamborees throughout history. For totals from each event, follow the jump.
Jamboree attendance through the years:
1937: Washington, D.C., 27,238
1950:
Valley Forge, Pa.,
47,163
1953:
Irvine Ranch, Calif.,
45,401
1957:
Valley Forge, Pa.,
52,580
1960:
Colorado Springs, Colo.,
56,377
1964:
Valley Forge, Pa.,
50,960
1969:
Farragut State Park, Idaho,
34,251
1973:
Farragut State Park, Idaho and
Moraine State Park, Pa.,
73,610
1977:
Moraine State Park, Pa.,
28,601
1981:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
29,765
1985:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
32,615
1989:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
32,717
1993:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
34,449
1997:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
36,015
2001:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
40,002
2005:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
43,307
2010:
Fort A.P. Hill, Va.,
43,434
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