How many people visit American Samoa?
- 2025 visits
- 43,258
- +91.7% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #58
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 2017
- 69,468 visits
- vs 2015
- +211.4%
- ten-year change
- vs 2002
- +2132.1%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Oct 2017
- 11,494 visits
2002–2025
Every year since the counts began
Show the full table (24 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43,258 | +91.7% | #58 |
| 2024 | 22,567 | +86.0% | #59 |
| 2023 | 12,135 | +543.1% | #62 |
| 2022 | 1,887 | −77.8% | #63 |
| 2021 | 8,495 | +76.3% | #62 |
| 2020 | 4,819 | −92.0% | #62 |
| 2019 | 60,006 | +109.6% | #58 |
| 2018 | 28,626 | −58.8% | #59 |
| 2017 | 69,468 | +140.4% | #55 |
| 2016 | 28,892 | +108.0% | #58 |
| 2015 | 13,892 | −0.4% | #61 |
| 2014 | 13,953 | −22.1% | #61 |
| 2013 | 17,919 | +71.6% | #59 |
| 2012 | 10,440 | +19.8% | #63 |
| 2011 | 8,716 | +190.0% | #62 |
| 2010 | 3,006 | −7.3% | #63 |
| 2009 | 3,242 | −12.0% | #62 |
| 2008 | 3,683 | −45.6% | #62 |
| 2007 | 6,774 | +446.7% | #61 |
| 2006 | 1,239 | — | #63 |
| 2005 | incomplete | — | — |
| 2004 | incomplete | — | — |
| 2003 | 0 | −100.0% | #63 |
| 2002 | 1,938 | — | #63 |
By decade
The long view
- 2000s
- 2,813
- avg · 6 yrs
- 2010s
- 25,492
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 15,527
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 2002–2008 the three busiest months carried 43% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 55% — visits have become more concentrated in the peak season.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAQuietest: JuneBusiest: April
The weather page puts these crowd levels beside each month’s temperatures.
About these numbers
Figures are the National Park Service’s monthly recreation-visit counts, retrieved from its public statistics service and summed by calendar year. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. The NPS revises recent months occasionally, so small differences from a later nps.gov table are normal. Rankings compare the 63 national parks for the same year. See every park ranked for 2025.
Sources · 2
- 1.NPS Visitor Use Statistics — monthly recreation visits by park, 1979–2025 · National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)
- 2.NPS Visitor Use Statistics Definitions · National Park Service
FAQ
American Samoa visitor questions
- How many people visit National Park of American Samoa each year?
- 43,258 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #58 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 25,492 a year.
- What was American Samoa's busiest year?
- 2017, with 69,468 recreation visits — +60.6% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was October 2017 (11,494 visits).
- Is American Samoa getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were +211.4% compared with 2015.
- What counts as a recreation visit?
- The NPS counts a recreation visit as one person entering the park for recreation; someone who leaves and re-enters is counted again, and commuters, through-traffic and staff are excluded. Counts come from gate and traffic counters with park-specific multipliers, so they are estimates.
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