| City | Year | Location | Estimated paid attendance |
| New York | 1939-40 | 1216.5 acres in Flushing Meadows | 57 million |
| Seattle | 1962 | 74 acres in the center of the city | 9.6 million |
| *New York | 1964-65 | 646 acres in Flushing Meadows | 51.7 million |
| San Antonio | 1968 | 92.6 acres | 6.4 million |
| Spokane | 1974 | 50 acres of exhibits on a site of 100 acres | 5.2 million |
| Knoxville | 1982 | 73.4 acres | 11 million |
| New Orleans | 1984 | 84 acres along the Mississippi River | 7.3 million |