Carlsbad Caverns Visitation By Year
Below is a table showing the annual visitation for every year that the statistic has been kept. In the case of Carlsbad Caverns, this runs from 1924 to present. These are the official numbers reported by the National Park Service. Counting methods sometimes change over time, which may account for occasional irregularities.
| Year | Visitors |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 349,244 |
| 2020 | 183,835 |
| 2019 | 440,691 |
| 2018 | 465,912 |
| 2017 | 520,026 |
| 2016 | 466,773 |
| 2015 | 445,720 |
| 2014 | 397,309 |
| 2013 | 388,566 |
| 2012 | 381,058 |
| 2011 | 365,000 |
| 2010 | 428,524 |
| 2009 | 432,639 |
| 2008 | 400,381 |
| 2007 | 409,560 |
| 2006 | 407,367 |
| 2005 | 413,786 |
| 2004 | 419,599 |
| 2003 | 457,631 |
| 2002 | 476,259 |
| 2001 | 455,621 |
| 2000 | 469,303 |
| 1999 | 514,418 |
| 1998 | 522,076 |
| 1997 | 540,797 |
| 1996 | 557,217 |
| 1995 | 588,609 |
| 1994 | 617,087 |
| 1993 | 687,161 |
| 1992 | 688,742 |
| 1991 | 679,450 |
| 1990 | 747,016 |
| 1989 | 792,378 |
| 1988 | 786,135 |
| 1987 | 781,300 |
| 1986 | 752,552 |
| 1985 | 732,482 |
| 1984 | 712,989 |
| 1983 | 712,247 |
| 1982 | 781,963 |
| 1981 | 771,766 |
| 1980 | 672,963 |
| 1979 | 721,647 |
| 1978 | 867,277 |
| 1977 | 862,800 |
| 1976 | 876,500 |
| 1975 | 790,000 |
| 1974 | 672,400 |
| 1973 | 840,100 |
| 1972 | 856,086 |
| 1971 | 791,600 |
| 1970 | 712,700 |
| 1969 | 672,900 |
| 1968 | 668,400 |
| 1967 | 630,800 |
| 1966 | 604,800 |
| 1965 | 591,000 |
| 1964 | 588,000 |
| 1963 | 586,600 |
| 1962 | 556,000 |
| 1961 | 590,000 |
| 1960 | 537,000 |
| 1959 | 483,900 |
| 1958 | 435,200 |
| 1957 | 451,100 |
| 1956 | 455,000 |
| 1955 | 466,200 |
| 1954 | 444,300 |
| 1953 | 510,318 |
| 1952 | 531,751 |
| 1951 | 493,618 |
| 1950 | 467,283 |
| 1949 | 431,187 |
| 1948 | 435,481 |
| 1947 | 405,266 |
| 1946 | 380,465 |
| 1945 | 193,237 |
| 1944 | 122,467 |
| 1943 | 89,128 |
| 1942 | 124,809 |
| 1941 | 285,418 |
| 1940 | 236,653 |
| 1939 | 212,348 |
| 1938 | 205,765 |
| 1937 | 201,333 |
| 1936 | 148,129 |
| 1935 | 113,753 |
| 1934 | 88,349 |
| 1933 | 53,768 |
| 1932 | 61,474 |
| 1931 | 81,275 |
| 1930 | 90,104 |
| 1929 | 76,822 |
| 1928 | 46,335 |
| 1927 | 26,436 |
| 1926 | 10,904 |
| 1925 | 1,794 |
| 1924 | 1,280 |