document_title: List of National Football League career rushing yards leaders

question_text: who has the most running yards in the nfl

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text: Players with at least 10,000 rushing yards[edit]

text:
Key

^
Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

*
Denotes player who is still active in the NFL

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text: Through end of 2017 season.

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text:
Rank
Player
Team(s) by season
Carries
Yards
Average

1
Emmitt Smith^
Dallas Cowboys (1990–2002)
Arizona Cardinals (2003–2004)
4,409
18,355
4.2

2
Walter Payton^
Chicago Bears (1975–1987)
3,838
16,726
4.4

3
Barry Sanders^
Detroit Lions (1989–1998)
3,062
15,269
5.0

4
Curtis Martin^
New England Patriots (1995–1997)
New York Jets (1998–2005)
3,518
14,101
4.0

5
Frank Gore*
San Francisco 49ers (2005–2014)
Indianapolis Colts (2015–2017)
Miami Dolphins (2018–present)
3,226
14,026
4.3

6
LaDanian Tomlinson^
San Diego Chargers (2001–2009)
New York Jets (2010–2011)
3,174
13,684
4.3

7
Jerome Bettis^
St. Louis/L.A. Rams (1993–1995[a])
Pittsburgh Steelers (1996–2005)
3,479
13,662
3.9

8
Eric Dickerson^
Los Angeles Rams (1983–1987[b])
Indianapolis Colts (1987–1991)
Los Angeles Raiders (1992)
Atlanta Falcons (1993)
2,996
13,259
4.4

9
Tony Dorsett^
Dallas Cowboys (1977–1987)
Denver Broncos (1988)
2,936
12,739
4.3

10
Jim Brown^
Cleveland Browns (1957–1965)
2,359
12,312
5.2

11
Marshall Faulk^
Indianapolis Colts (1994–1998)
St. Louis Rams (1999–2005)
2,836
12,279
4.3

12
Adrian Peterson*
Minnesota Vikings (2007–2016)
New Orleans Saints (2017)
Arizona Cardinals (2017)
2,574
12,276
4.8

13
Edgerrin James
Indianapolis Colts (1999–2005)
Arizona Cardinals (2006– 2008)
Seattle Seahawks (2009)
3,028
12,246
4.0

13
Marcus Allen^
Los Angeles Raiders (1982–1992)
Kansas City Chiefs (1993–1997)
3,022
12,243
4.1

15
Franco Harris^
Pittsburgh Steelers (1972–1983)
Seattle Seahawks (1984)
2,949
12,120
4.1

16
Thurman Thomas^
Buffalo Bills (1988–1999)
Miami Dolphins (2000)
2,877
12,074
4.2

17
Fred Taylor
Jacksonville Jaguars (1998–2008)
New England Patriots (2009–2010)
2,534
11,695
4.6

18
Steven Jackson
St. Louis Rams (2004–2012)
Atlanta Falcons (2013–2014)
New England Patriots (2015)
2,764
11,438
4.1

19
John Riggins^
New York Jets (1971–1975)
Washington Redskins (1976–1985)
2,916
11,352
3.9

20
Corey Dillon
Cincinnati Bengals (1997–2003)
New England Patriots (2004–2006)
2,618
11,241
4.3

21
O. J. Simpson^
Buffalo Bills (1969–1977)
San Francisco 49ers (1978–1979)
2,404
11,236
4.7

22
Warrick Dunn
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997–2001)
Atlanta Falcons (2002–2007)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2008)
2,669
10,967
4.1

23
Ricky Watters
San Francisco 49ers (1992–1994)
Philadelphia Eagles (1995–1997)
Seattle Seahawks (1998–2001)
2,622
10,643
4.1

24
Jamal Lewis
Baltimore Ravens (2000–2006)
Cleveland Browns (2007–2009)
2,542
10,607
4.2

25
Thomas Jones
Arizona Cardinals (2000–2002)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2003)
Chicago Bears (2004–2006)
New York Jets (2007–2009)
Kansas City Chiefs (2010–2011)
2,678
10,591
4.0

26
Tiki Barber
New York Giants (1997–2006)
2,217
10,449
4.7

27
Eddie George
Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans (1996[c]–2003)
Dallas Cowboys (2004)
2,865
10,441
3.6

28
Ottis Anderson
St. Louis Cardinals (1979–1986[d])
New York Giants (1986–1992)
2,562
10,273
4.0

29
LeSean McCoy*
Philadelphia Eagles (2009–2014)
Buffalo Bills (2015–present)
2,185
10,092
4.6

30
Ricky Williams
New Orleans Saints (1999–2001)
Miami Dolphins (2002–2003), (2005–2010)
Baltimore Ravens (2011)
2,431
10,009
4.1

31
Marshawn Lynch*
Buffalo Bills (2007–2010)
Seattle Seahawks (2010–2015)
Oakland Raiders (2017–present)
2,251
10,003
4.3

text: Active player with 9,000–9,999 yards[edit]

text: Through end of 2017 season.

text: Chris Johnson, 9,651

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text: Historical rushing yards leaders[edit]

text: Seven players have been recognized as having held the career rushing yards record in the NFL. Since reliable yardage statistics were not recorded prior to 1932, the first NFL player recognized as the career leader in rushing yards was Cliff Battles, who played from 1932 to 1937 for the Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins.[1] He led the NFL with 576 yards in 1932 and held on to the record throughout his career. Emmitt Smith has held the record since surpassing Walter Payton's long-standing total in 2002.[2]

text:
Reign
Player
Team(s) by season
Carries
Yards
Average

1932–1941
(9 years)
Cliff Battles^
Washington Redskins (1932–1937)
839
3,511
4.2

1941–1949
(8 years)
Clarke Hinkle^
Green Bay Packers (1932–1941)
1,171
3,860
3.3

1949–1958
(9 years)
Steve Van Buren^
Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1951)
1,320
5,860
4.4

1958–1963
(5 years)
Joe Perry^
San Francisco 49ers (1948–1960, 1963)
Baltimore Colts (1961–1962)
1,737
8,378
4.8

1963–1984
(21 years)
Jim Brown^
Cleveland Browns (1957–1965)
2,359
12,312
5.2

1984–2002
(18 years)
Walter Payton^
Chicago Bears (1975–1987)
3,838
16,726
4.4

2002–present
(15 years)
Smith, EmmittEmmitt Smith^
Dallas Cowboys (1990–2002)
Arizona Cardinals (2003–2004)
4,409
18,355
4.2


document_title: Manifest destiny

question_text: manifest destiny was used as a justification for us expansion into

question_tokens: manifest destiny was used as a justification for us expansion into

text: Manifest destiny

text: Context[edit]

text: There was never a set of principles defining manifest destiny, therefore it was always a general idea rather than a specific policy made with a motto. Ill-defined but keenly felt, manifest destiny was an expression of conviction in the morality and value of expansionism that complemented other popular ideas of the era, including American exceptionalism and Romantic nationalism. Andrew Jackson, who spoke of "extending the area of freedom", typified the conflation of America's potential greatness, the nation's budding sense of Romantic self-identity, and its expansion.[10][11]

text: Yet Jackson would not be the only president to elaborate on the principles underlying manifest destiny. Owing in part to the lack of a definitive narrative outlining its rationale, proponents offered divergent or seemingly conflicting viewpoints. While many writers focused primarily upon American expansionism, be it into Mexico or across the Pacific, others saw the term as a call to example. Without an agreed upon interpretation, much less an elaborated political philosophy, these conflicting views of America's destiny were never resolved. This variety of possible meanings was summed up by Ernest Lee Tuveson: "A vast complex of ideas, policies, and actions is comprehended under the phrase "Manifest Destiny". They are not, as we should expect, all compatible, nor do they come from any one source."[12]

text: Origin of the term[edit]

text: Journalist John L. O'Sullivan was an influential advocate for Jacksonian democracy and a complex character, described by Julian Hawthorne as "always full of grand and world-embracing schemes".[13] O'Sullivan wrote an article in 1839 that, while not using the term "manifest destiny", did predict a "divine destiny" for the United States based upon values such as equality, rights of conscience, and personal enfranchisement "to establish on earth the moral dignity and salvation of man".[14] This destiny was not explicitly territorial, but O'Sullivan predicted that the United States would be one of a "Union of many Republics" sharing those values.[15]

text: Six years later, in 1845, O'Sullivan wrote another essay titled Annexation in the Democratic Review,[16] in which he first used the phrase manifest destiny.[17] In this article he urged the U.S. to annex the Republic of Texas,[18] not only because Texas desired this, but because it was "our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions".[19] Overcoming Whig opposition, Democrats annexed Texas in 1845. O'Sullivan's first usage of the phrase "manifest destiny" attracted little attention.[20]

text: O'Sullivan's second use of the phrase became extremely influential. On December 27, 1845, in his newspaper the New York Morning News, O'Sullivan addressed the ongoing boundary dispute with Britain. O'Sullivan argued that the United States had the right to claim "the whole of Oregon":

text: And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.[21]

text: That is, O'Sullivan believed that Providence had given the United States a mission to spread republican democracy ("the great experiment of liberty"). Because Britain would not spread democracy, thought O'Sullivan, British claims to the territory should be overruled. O'Sullivan believed that manifest destiny was a moral ideal (a "higher law") that superseded other considerations.[22]

text: O'Sullivan's original conception of manifest destiny was not a call for territorial expansion by force. He believed that the expansion of the United States would happen without the direction of the U.S. government or the involvement of the military. After Americans immigrated to new regions, they would set up new democratic governments, and then seek admission to the United States, as Texas had done. In 1845, O'Sullivan predicted that California would follow this pattern next, and that Canada would eventually request annexation as well. He disapproved of the Mexican–American War in 1846, although he came to believe that the outcome would be beneficial to both countries.[23]

text: Ironically, O'Sullivan's term became popular only after it was criticized by Whig opponents of the Polk administration. Whigs denounced manifest destiny, arguing, "that the designers and supporters of schemes of conquest, to be carried on by this government, are engaged in treason to our Constitution and Declaration of Rights, giving aid and comfort to the enemies of republicanism, in that they are advocating and preaching the doctrine of the right of conquest".[24] On January 3, 1846, Representative Robert Winthrop ridiculed the concept in Congress, saying "I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread will not be admitted to exist in any nation except the universal Yankee nation". Winthrop was the first in a long line of critics who suggested that advocates of manifest destiny were citing "Divine Providence" for justification of actions that were motivated by chauvinism and self-interest. Despite this criticism, expansionists embraced the phrase, which caught on so quickly that its origin was soon forgotten.

text: Themes and influences[edit]

text: Historian William E. Weeks has noted that three key themes were usually touched upon by advocates of manifest destiny:

text:
the virtue of the American people and their institutions;
the mission to spread these institutions, thereby redeeming and remaking the world in the image of the United States;
the destiny under God to do this work.[25]

text: The origin of the first theme, later known as American Exceptionalism, was often traced to America's Puritan heritage, particularly John Winthrop's famous "City upon a Hill" sermon of 1630, in which he called for the establishment of a virtuous community that would be a shining example to the Old World.[26] In his influential 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine echoed this notion, arguing that the American Revolution provided an opportunity to create a new, better society:

text: We have it in our power to begin the world over again. A situation, similar to the present, hath not happened since the days of Noah until now. The birthday of a new world is at hand...

text: Many Americans agreed with Paine, and came to believe that the United States' virtue was a result of its special experiment in freedom and democracy. Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to James Monroe, wrote, "it is impossible not to look forward to distant times when our rapid multiplication will expand itself beyond those limits, and cover the whole northern, if not the southern continent."[27] To Americans in the decades that followed their proclaimed freedom for mankind, embodied in the Declaration of Independence, could only be described as the inauguration of "a new time scale" because the world would look back and define history as events that took place before, and after, the Declaration of Independence.[28] It followed that Americans owed to the world an obligation to expand and preserve these beliefs.

text: The second theme's origination is less precise. A popular expression of America's mission was elaborated by President Abraham Lincoln's description in his December 1, 1862, message to Congress. He described the United States as "the last, best hope of Earth". The "mission" of the United States was further elaborated during Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, in which he interpreted the Civil War as a struggle to determine if any nation with democratic ideals could survive; this has been called by historian Robert Johannsen "the most enduring statement of America's Manifest Destiny and mission".[29]

text: The third theme can be viewed as a natural outgrowth of the belief that God had a direct influence in the foundation and further actions of the United States. Clinton Rossiter, a scholar, described this view as summing "that God, at the proper stage in the march of history, called forth certain hardy souls from the old and privilege-ridden nations ... and that in bestowing his grace He also bestowed a peculiar responsibility". Americans presupposed that they were not only divinely elected to maintain the North American continent, but also to "spread abroad the fundamental principles stated in the Bill of Rights".[30] In many cases this meant neighboring colonial holdings and countries were seen as obstacles rather than the destiny God had provided the United States.

text: Faragher's analysis of the political polarization between the Democratic Party and the Whig Party is that:

text: Most Democrats were wholehearted supporters of expansion, whereas many Whigs (especially in the North) were opposed. Whigs welcomed most of the changes wrought by industrialization but advocated strong government policies that would guide growth and development within the country's existing boundaries; they feared (correctly) that expansion raised a contentious issue, the extension of slavery to the territories. On the other hand, many Democrats feared industrialization the Whigs welcomed... For many Democrats, the answer to the nation's social ills was to continue to follow Thomas Jefferson's vision of establishing agriculture in the new territories in order to counterbalance industrialization.[31]

text: Another possible influence is racial predominance, namely the idea that the American Anglo-Saxon race was "separate, innately superior" and "destined to bring good government, commercial prosperity and Christianity to the American continents and the world". This view also held that "inferior races were doomed to subordinate status or extinction." This was used to justify "the enslavement of the blacks and the expulsion and possible extermination of the Indians".[32]

text: Alternative interpretations[edit]

text: With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States, Thomas Jefferson set the stage for the continental expansion of the United States. Many began to see this as the beginning of a new providential mission: If the United States was successful as a "shining city upon a hill", people in other countries would seek to establish their own democratic republics.[33]

text: However, not all Americans or their political leaders believed that the United States was a divinely favored nation, or thought that it ought to expand. For example, many Whigs opposed territorial expansion based on the Democratic claim that the United States was destined to serve as a virtuous example to the rest of the world, and also had a divine obligation to spread its superordinate political system and a way of life throughout North American continent. Many in the Whig party "were fearful of spreading out too widely", and they "adhered to the concentration of national authority in a limited area".[34] In July 1848, Alexander Stephens denounced President Polk's expansionist interpretation of America's future as "mendacious".[35]

text: In the mid‑19th century, expansionism, especially southward toward Cuba, also faced opposition from those Americans who were trying to abolish slavery. As more territory was added to the United States in the following decades, "extending the area of freedom" in the minds of southerners also meant extending the institution of slavery. That is why slavery became one of the central issues in the continental expansion of the United States before the Civil War.[36]

text: Before and during the Civil War both sides claimed that America's destiny were rightfully their own. Lincoln opposed anti-immigrant nativism, and the imperialism of manifest destiny as both unjust and unreasonable.[37] He objected to the Mexican War and believed each of these disordered forms of patriotism threatened the inseparable moral and fraternal bonds of liberty and Union that he sought to perpetuate through a patriotic love of country guided by wisdom and critical self-awareness. Lincoln's "Eulogy to Henry Clay", June 6, 1852, provides the most cogent expression of his reflective patriotism.[38]

text: Era of continental expansion[edit]

text: The phrase "manifest destiny" is most often associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1812 to 1860. This era, from the end of the War of 1812 to the beginning of the American Civil War, has been called the "age of manifest destiny".[39] During this time, the United States expanded to the Pacific Ocean—"from sea to shining sea"—largely defining the borders of the contiguous United States as they are today.[40]

text: War of 1812[edit]

text: One of the causes of the War of 1812 may have been an American desire to annex or threaten to annex British Canada in order to stop the Indian raids into the Midwest, expel Britain from North America, and gain additional land.[41][42] The American victories at the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of the Thames in 1813 ended the Indian raids and removed one of the reasons for annexation. The American failure to occupy any significant part of Canada prevented them from annexing it for the second reason, which was largely ended by the Era of Good Feelings, which ensued after the war between Britain and the United States.

text: To end the War of 1812 John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and Albert Gallatin (former Treasury Secretary and a leading expert on Indians) and the other American diplomats negotiated the Treaty of Ghent in 1814 with Britain. They rejected the British plan to set up an Indian state in U.S. territory south of the Great Lakes. They explained the American policy toward acquisition of Indian lands:

text: The United States, while intending never to acquire lands from the Indians otherwise than peaceably, and with their free consent, are fully determined, in that manner, progressively, and in proportion as their growing population may require, to reclaim from the state of nature, and to bring into cultivation every portion of the territory contained within their acknowledged boundaries. In thus providing for the support of millions of civilized beings, they will not violate any dictate of justice or of humanity; for they will not only give to the few thousand savages scattered over that territory an ample equivalent for any right they may surrender, but will always leave them the possession of lands more than they can cultivate, and more than adequate to their subsistence, comfort, and enjoyment, by cultivation. If this be a spirit of aggrandizement, the undersigned are prepared to admit, in that sense, its existence; but they must deny that it affords the slightest proof of an intention not to respect the boundaries between them and European nations, or of a desire to encroach upon the territories of Great Britain. . . . They will not suppose that that Government will avow, as the basis of their policy towards the United States a system of arresting their natural growth within their own territories, for the sake of preserving a perpetual desert for savages.[43]

text: A shocked Henry Goulburn, one of the British negotiators at Ghent, remarked, after coming to understand the American position on taking the Indians' land:

text: Till I came here, I had no idea of the fixed determination which there is in the heart of every American to extirpate the Indians and appropriate their territory.[44]

text: Continentalism[edit]

text: The 19th-century belief that the United States would eventually encompass all of North America is known as "continentalism,"[45][46] a form of tellurocracy. An early proponent of this idea, John Quincy Adams, became a leading figure in U.S. expansion between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Polk administration in the 1840s. In 1811, Adams wrote to his father:

text: The whole continent of North America appears to be destined by Divine Providence to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs. For the common happiness of them all, for their peace and prosperity, I believe it is indispensable that they should be associated in one federal Union.[47]

text: Adams did much to further this idea. He orchestrated the Treaty of 1818, which established the Canada–US border as far west as the Rocky Mountains, and provided for the joint occupation of the region known in American history as the Oregon Country and in British and Canadian history as the New Caledonia and Columbia Districts. He negotiated the Transcontinental Treaty in 1819, transferring Florida from Spain to the United States and extending the U.S. border with Spanish Mexico all the way to the Pacific Ocean. And he formulated the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, which warned Europe that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open for European colonization.

text: The Monroe Doctrine and "manifest destiny" formed a closely related nexus of principles: historian Walter McDougall calls manifest destiny a corollary of the Monroe Doctrine, because while the Monroe Doctrine did not specify expansion, expansion was necessary in order to enforce the Doctrine. Concerns in the United States that European powers (especially Great Britain) were seeking to acquire colonies or greater influence in North America led to calls for expansion in order to prevent this. In his influential 1935 study of manifest destiny, Albert Weinberg wrote: "the expansionism of the [1830s] arose as a defensive effort to forestall the encroachment of Europe in North America".[48]

text: All Oregon[edit]

text: Manifest destiny played its most important role in the Oregon boundary dispute between the United States and Britain, when the phrase "manifest destiny" originated. The Anglo-American Convention of 1818 had provided for the joint occupation of the Oregon Country, and thousands of Americans migrated there in the 1840s over the Oregon Trail. The British rejected a proposal by U.S. President John Tyler (in office 1841-1845) to divide the region along the 49th parallel, and instead proposed a boundary line farther south along the Columbia River, which would have made most of what later became the state of Washington part of British North America. Advocates of manifest destiny protested and called for the annexation of the entire Oregon Country up to the Alaska line (54°40ʹ N). Presidential candidate James K. Polk used this popular outcry to his advantage, and the Democrats called for the annexation of "All Oregon" in the 1844 U.S. Presidential election.

text: As president, however, Polk sought compromise and renewed the earlier offer to divide the territory in half along the 49th parallel, to the dismay of the most ardent advocates of manifest destiny. When the British refused the offer, American expansionists responded with slogans such as "The Whole of Oregon or None!" and "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", referring to the northern border of the region. (The latter slogan is often mistakenly described as having been a part of the 1844 presidential campaign.) When Polk moved to terminate the joint occupation agreement, the British finally agreed in early 1846 to divide the region along the 49th parallel, leaving the lower Columbia basin as part of the United States. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 formally settled the dispute; Polk's administration succeeded in selling the treaty to Congress because the United States was about to begin the Mexican–American War, and the president and others argued it would be foolish to also fight the British Empire.

text: Despite the earlier clamor for "All Oregon", the Oregon Treaty was popular in the United States and was easily ratified by the Senate. The most fervent advocates of manifest destiny had not prevailed along the northern border because, according to Reginald Stuart, "the compass of manifest destiny pointed west and southwest, not north, despite the use of the term 'continentalism'".[49]

text: In 1869, American historian Frances Fuller Victor published Manifest Destiny in the West in the Overland Monthly, arguing that the efforts of early American fur traders and missionaries presaged American control of Oregon. She concluded the article as follows:

text:
“

It was an oversight on the part of the United States, the giving up the island of Quadra and Vancouver, on the settlement of the boundary question. Yet, "what is to be, will be," as some realist has it; and we look for the restoration of that picturesque and rocky atom of our former territory as inevitable.[50]

”

text: Mexico and Texas[edit]

text: Manifest destiny played an important role in the expansion of Texas and American relationship with Mexico.[51]  In 1836, the Republic of Texas declared independence from Mexico and, after the Texas Revolution, sought to join the United States as a new state. This was an idealized process of expansion that had been advocated from Jefferson to O'Sullivan: newly democratic and independent states would request entry into the United States, rather than the United States extending its government over people who did not want it. The annexation of Texas was attacked by anti-slavery spokesmen because it would add another slave state to the Union. Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren declined Texas's offer to join the United States in part because the slavery issue threatened to divide the Democratic Party.[52]

text: Before the election of 1844, Whig candidate Henry Clay and the presumed Democratic candidate, former President Van Buren, both declared themselves opposed to the annexation of Texas, each hoping to keep the troublesome topic from becoming a campaign issue. This unexpectedly led to Van Buren being dropped by the Democrats in favor of Polk, who favored annexation. Polk tied the Texas annexation question with the Oregon dispute, thus providing a sort of regional compromise on expansion. (Expansionists in the North were more inclined to promote the occupation of Oregon, while Southern expansionists focused primarily on the annexation of Texas.) Although elected by a very slim margin, Polk proceeded as if his victory had been a mandate for expansion.[53]

text: All Mexico[edit]

text: After the election of Polk, but before he took office, Congress approved the annexation of Texas. Polk moved to occupy a portion of Texas that had declared independence from Mexico in 1836, but was still claimed by Mexico. This paved the way for the outbreak of the Mexican–American War on April 24, 1846. With American successes on the battlefield, by the summer of 1847 there were calls for the annexation of "All Mexico", particularly among Eastern Democrats, who argued that bringing Mexico into the Union was the best way to ensure future peace in the region.[54]

text: This was a controversial proposition for two reasons. First, idealistic advocates of manifest destiny like John L. O'Sullivan had always maintained that the laws of the United States should not be imposed on people against their will. The annexation of "All Mexico" would be a violation of this principle. And secondly, the annexation of Mexico was controversial because it would mean extending U.S. citizenship to millions of Mexicans. Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, who had approved of the annexation of Texas, was opposed to the annexation of Mexico, as well as the "mission" aspect of manifest destiny, for racial reasons.[55] He made these views clear in a speech to Congress on January 4, 1848:

text: We have never dreamt of incorporating into our Union any but the Caucasian race—the free white race. To incorporate Mexico, would be the very first instance of the kind, of incorporating an Indian race; for more than half of the Mexicans are Indians, and the other is composed chiefly of mixed tribes. I protest against such a union as that! Ours, sir, is the Government of a white race.... We are anxious to force free government on all; and I see that it has been urged ... that it is the mission of this country to spread civil and religious liberty over all the world, and especially over this continent. It is a great mistake.[56]

text: This debate brought to the forefront one of the contradictions of manifest destiny: on the one hand, while identitarian ideas inherent in manifest destiny suggested that Mexicans, as non-whites, would present a threat to white racial integrity and thus were not qualified to become Americans, the "mission" component of manifest destiny suggested that Mexicans would be improved (or "regenerated", as it was then described) by bringing them into American democracy. Identitarianism was used to promote manifest destiny, but, as in the case of Calhoun and the resistance to the "All Mexico" movement, identitarianism was also used to oppose manifest destiny.[57] Conversely, proponents of annexation of "All Mexico" regarded it as an anti-slavery measure.[58]

text: The controversy was eventually ended by the Mexican Cession, which added the territories of Alta California and Nuevo México to the United States, both more sparsely populated than the rest of Mexico. Like the All Oregon movement, the All Mexico movement quickly abated.

text: Historian Frederick Merk, in Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History: A Reinterpretation (1963), argued that the failure of the "All Oregon" and "All Mexico" movements indicates that manifest destiny had not been as popular as historians have traditionally portrayed it to have been. Merk wrote that, while belief in the beneficent mission of democracy was central to American history, aggressive "continentalism" were aberrations supported by only a minority of Americans, all of them Democrats. Some Democrats were also opposed; the Democrats of Louisiana opposed annexation of Mexico,[59] while those in Mississippi supported it.[60]

text: Filibusterism[edit]

text: After the Mexican–American War ended in 1848, disagreements over the expansion of slavery made further annexation by conquest too divisive to be official government policy. Some, such as John Quitman, governor of Mississippi, offered what public support they could offer. In one memorable case, Quitman simply explained that the state of Mississippi had "lost" its state arsenal, which began showing up in the hands of filibusters. Yet these isolated cases only solidified opposition in the North as many Northerners were increasingly opposed to what they believed to be efforts by Southern slave owners—and their friends in the North—to expand slavery through filibustering. Sarah P. Remond on January 24, 1859, delivered an impassioned speech at Warrington, England, that the connection between filibustering and slave power was clear proof of "the mass of corruption that underlay the whole system of American government".[61] The Wilmot Proviso and the continued "Slave Power" narratives thereafter, indicated the degree to which manifest destiny had become part of the sectional controversy.[citation needed]

text: Without official government support the most radical advocates of manifest destiny increasingly turned to military filibustering. Originally filibuster had come from the Dutch vrijbuiter and referred to buccaneers in the West Indies that preyed on Spanish commerce. While there had been some filibustering expeditions into Canada in the late 1830s, it was only by mid-century did filibuster become a definitive term. By then, declared the New-York Daily Times "the fever of Fillibusterism is on our country. Her pulse beats like a hammer at the wrist, and there's a very high color on her face."[62] Millard Fillmore's second annual message to Congress, submitted in December 1851, gave double the amount of space to filibustering activities than the brewing sectional conflict. The eagerness of the filibusters, and the public to support them, had an international hue. Clay's son, diplomat to Portugal, reported that Lisbon had been stirred into a "frenzy" of excitement and were waiting on every dispatch.[citation needed]

text: Although they were illegal, filibustering operations in the late 1840s and early 1850s were romanticized in the United States. The Democratic Party's national platform included a plank that specifically endorsed William Walker's filibustering in Nicaragua. Wealthy American expansionists financed dozens of expeditions, usually based out of New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco. The primary target of manifest destiny's filibusters was Latin America but there were isolated incidents elsewhere. Mexico was a favorite target of organizations devoted to filibustering, like the Knights of the Golden Circle.[63] William Walker got his start as a filibuster in an ill-advised attempt to separate the Mexican states Sonora and Baja California.[64] Narciso López, a near second in fame and success, spent his efforts trying to secure Cuba from the Spanish Empire.

text: The United States had long been interested in acquiring Cuba from the declining Spanish Empire. As with Texas, Oregon, and California, American policy makers were concerned that Cuba would fall into British hands, which, according to the thinking of the Monroe Doctrine, would constitute a threat to the interests of the United States. Prompted by John L. O'Sullivan, in 1848 President Polk offered to buy Cuba from Spain for $100 million. Polk feared that filibustering would hurt his effort to buy the island, and so he informed the Spanish of an attempt by the Cuban filibuster Narciso López to seize Cuba by force and annex it to the United States, foiling the plot. Nevertheless, Spain declined to sell the island, which ended Polk's efforts to acquire Cuba. O'Sullivan, on the other hand eventually landed in legal trouble.[65]

text: Filibustering continued to be a major concern for presidents after Polk. Whigs presidents Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore tried to suppress the expeditions. When the Democrats recaptured the White House in 1852 with the election of Franklin Pierce, a filibustering effort by John A. Quitman to acquire Cuba received the tentative support of the president. Pierce backed off, however, and instead renewed the offer to buy the island, this time for $130 million. When the public learned of the Ostend Manifesto in 1854, which argued that the United States could seize Cuba by force if Spain refused to sell, this effectively killed the effort to acquire the island. The public now linked expansion with slavery; if manifest destiny had once enjoyed widespread popular approval, this was no longer true.[66]

text: Filibusters like William Walker continued to garner headlines in the late 1850s, but to little effect. Expansionism was among the various issues that played a role in the coming of the war. With the divisive question of the expansion of slavery, Northerners and Southerners, in effect, were coming to define manifest destiny in different ways, undermining nationalism as a unifying force. According to Frederick Merk, "The doctrine of Manifest Destiny, which in the 1840s had seemed Heaven-sent, proved to have been a bomb wrapped up in idealism."[67]

text: Homestead Act[edit]

text: The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged 600,000 families to settle the West by giving them land (usually 160 acres) almost free. They had to live on and improve the land for five years.[68] Before the Civil War, Southern leaders opposed the Homestead Acts because they feared it would lead to more free states and free territories.[69] After the mass resignation of Southern senators and representatives at the beginning of the war, Congress was subsequently able to pass the Homestead Act.

text: Native Americans[edit]

text: Manifest destiny had serious consequences for Native Americans, since continental expansion implicitly meant the occupation and annexation of Native American land, sometimes to expand slavery. This ultimately led to confrontations and  wars with several groups of native peoples via Indian removal.[70][71][72][73] The United States continued the European practice of recognizing only limited land rights of indigenous peoples. In a policy formulated largely by Henry Knox, Secretary of War in the Washington Administration, the U.S. government sought to expand into the west through the purchase of Native American land in treaties. Only the Federal Government could purchase Indian lands and this was done through treaties with tribal leaders. Whether a tribe actually had a decision-making structure capable of making a treaty was a controversial issue. The national policy was for the Indians to join American society and become "civilized", which meant no more wars with neighboring tribes or raids on white settlers or travelers, and a shift from hunting to farming and ranching. Advocates of civilization programs believed that the process of settling native tribes would greatly reduce the amount of land needed by the Native Americans, making more land available for homesteading by white Americans. Thomas Jefferson believed that while American Indians were the intellectual equals of whites,[74] they had to live like the whites or inevitably be pushed aside by them.[75] Jefferson's belief, rooted in Enlightenment thinking, that whites and Native Americans would merge to create a single nation did not last his lifetime, and he began to believe that the natives should emigrate across the Mississippi River and maintain a separate society, an idea made possible by the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.[75]

text: In the age of manifest destiny, this idea, which came to be known as "Indian removal", gained ground. Humanitarian advocates of removal believed that American Indians would be better off moving away from whites. As historian Reginald Horsman argued in his influential study Race and Manifest Destiny, racial rhetoric increased during the era of manifest destiny. Americans increasingly believed that Native American ways of life would "fade away" as the United States expanded. As an example, this idea was reflected in the work of one of America's first great historians, Francis Parkman, whose landmark book The Conspiracy of Pontiac was published in 1851. Parkman wrote that after the British conquest of Canada in 1760, Indians were "destined to melt and vanish before the advancing waves of Anglo-American power, which now rolled westward unchecked and unopposed". Parkman emphasized that the collapse of Indian power in the late 18th century had been swift and was a past event.[76]

text: Beyond North America[edit]

text: As the Civil War faded into history, the term manifest destiny experienced a brief revival. Protestant missionary Josiah Strong, in his best seller of 1885 Our Country, argued that the future was devolved upon America since it had perfected the ideals of civil liberty, "a pure spiritual Christianity", and concluded, "My plea is not, Save America for America's sake, but, Save America for the world's sake."[77]

text: In the 1892 U.S. presidential election, the Republican Party platform proclaimed: "We reaffirm our approval of the Monroe doctrine and believe in the achievement of the manifest destiny of the Republic in its broadest sense."[78] What was meant by "manifest destiny" in this context was not clearly defined, particularly since the Republicans lost the election.

text: In the 1896 election, however, the Republicans recaptured the White House and held on to it for the next 16 years. During that time, manifest destiny was cited to promote overseas expansion. Whether or not this version of manifest destiny was consistent with the continental expansionism of the 1840s was debated at the time, and long afterwards.[79]

text: For example, when President William McKinley advocated annexation of the Republic of Hawaii in 1898, he said that "We need Hawaii as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny." On the other hand, former President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat who had blocked the annexation of Hawaii during his administration, wrote that McKinley's annexation of the territory was a "perversion of our national destiny". Historians continued that debate; some have interpreted American acquisition of other Pacific island groups in the 1890s as an extension of manifest destiny across the Pacific Ocean. Others have regarded it as the antithesis of manifest destiny and merely imperialism.[80]

text: Spanish–American War and the Philippines[edit]

text: In 1898, the United States intervened in the Cuban insurrection and launched the Spanish–American War to force Spain out. According to the terms of the Treaty of Paris, Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba and ceded the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States. The terms of cession for the Philippines involved a payment of the sum of $20 million by the United States to Spain. The treaty was highly contentious and denounced by William Jennings Bryan, who tried to make it a central issue in the 1900 election. He was defeated in landslide by McKinley.[81]

text: The Teller Amendment, passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate before the war, which proclaimed Cuba "free and independent", forestalled annexation of the island. The Platt Amendment (1902), however, established Cuba as a virtual protectorate of the United States.

text: The acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the war with Spain marked a new chapter in U.S. history. Traditionally, territories were acquired by the United States for the purpose of becoming new states on equal footing with already existing states. These islands, however, were acquired as colonies rather than prospective states. The process was validated by the Insular Cases. The Supreme Court ruled that full constitutional rights did not automatically extend to all areas under American control. Nevertheless, in 1917, Puerto Ricans were all made full American citizens via the Jones Act. This also provided for a popularly elected legislature, a bill of rights and authorized the election of a Resident Commissioner who has a voice (but no vote) in Congress.

text: According to Frederick Merk, these colonial acquisitions marked a break from the original intention of manifest destiny. Previously, "Manifest Destiny had contained a principle so fundamental that a Calhoun and an O'Sullivan could agree on it—that a people not capable of rising to statehood should never be annexed. That was the principle thrown overboard by the imperialism of 1899."[82] Albert J. Beveridge maintained the contrary at his September 25, 1900, speech in the Auditorium, at Chicago. He declared that the current desire for Cuba and the other acquired territories was identical to the views expressed by Washington, Jefferson and Marshall. Moreover, "the sovereignty of the Stars and Stripes can be nothing but a blessing to any people and to any land."[83] The Philippines was eventually given its independence in 1946; Guam and Puerto Rico have special status to this day, but all their people have United States citizenship.

text: The English poet Rudyard Kipling wrote "The White Man's Burden" to Americans, calling on them to take up their share of the burden. Subtitled "The United States and the Philippine Islands", it was a widely noted expression of imperialist sentiments,[84] which were common at the time. The nascent revolutionary government desirous of independence, however, resisted the United States in the Philippine–American War in 1899; it won no support from any government anywhere and collapsed when its leader was captured. William Jennings Bryan denounced the war and any form of overseas expansion, writing, "'Destiny' is not as manifest as it was a few weeks ago."[85]

text: Legacy and consequences[edit]

text: The belief in an American mission to promote and defend democracy throughout the world, as expounded by Thomas Jefferson and his "Empire of Liberty", and continued by Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush,[86] continues to have an influence on American political ideology.[87][88] Under Douglas MacArthur, the Americans "were imbued with a sense of manifest destiny" says historian John Dower.[89]

text: After the turn of the nineteenth century to the twentieth, the phrase manifest destiny declined in usage, as territorial expansion ceased to be promoted as being a part of America's "destiny". Under President Theodore Roosevelt the role of the United States in the New World was defined, in the 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, as being an "international police power" to secure American interests in the Western Hemisphere. Roosevelt's corollary contained an explicit rejection of territorial expansion. In the past, manifest destiny had been seen as necessary to enforce the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere, but now expansionism had been replaced by interventionism as a means of upholding the doctrine.

text: President Woodrow Wilson continued the policy of interventionism in the Americas, and attempted to redefine both manifest destiny and America's "mission" on a broader, worldwide scale. Wilson led the United States into World War I with the argument that "The world must be made safe for democracy." In his 1920 message to Congress after the war, Wilson stated:

text: ... I think we all realize that the day has come when Democracy is being put upon its final test. The Old World is just now suffering from a wanton rejection of the principle of democracy and a substitution of the principle of autocracy as asserted in the name, but without the authority and sanction, of the multitude. This is the time of all others when Democracy should prove its purity and its spiritual power to prevail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt to make this spirit prevail.

text: This was the only time a president had used the phrase "manifest destiny" in his annual address. Wilson's version of manifest destiny was a rejection of expansionism and an endorsement (in principle) of self-determination, emphasizing that the United States had a mission to be a world leader for the cause of democracy. This U.S. vision of itself as the leader of the "Free World" would grow stronger in the 20th century after World War II, although rarely would it be described as "manifest destiny", as Wilson had done.[90]

text: "Manifest destiny" is sometimes used by critics of U.S. foreign policy to characterize interventions in the Middle East and elsewhere. In this usage, "manifest destiny" is interpreted as the underlying cause of what is denounced by some as "American imperialism." A more positive-sounding phrase devised by scholars at the end of the twentieth century is "nation building," and State Department official Karin Von Hippel notes that the U.S. has "been involved in nation-building and promoting democracy since the middle of the nineteenth century and 'Manifest Destiny.'"[91]

text: Relationship with German Lebensraum ideology[edit]

text: German geographer Friedrich Ratzel visited North America beginning in 1873[92] and saw the effects of American manifest destiny.[93] Ratzel sympathized with the results of "manifest destiny", but he never used the term. Instead he relied on the Frontier Thesis of Frederick Jackson Turner.[94] Ratzel promoted overseas colonies for Germany in Asia and Africa, but not an expansion into Slavic lands.[95] Later German publicists misinterpreted Ratzel to argue for the right of the German race to expand within Europe; that notion was later incorporated into Nazi ideology, as Lebensraum.[93] Harriet Wanklyn (1961) argues that Ratzel's theory was designed to advance science, and that politicians distorted it for political goals.[96]


document_title: Georgia's 6th congressional district

question_text: what counties are in the 6th congressional district in ga

text: Georgia's 6th congressional district

text: Counties[edit]

text:
Cobb (Partial, see also 11th district and 13th district)
DeKalb (Partial, see also 4th district and 5th district)
Fulton (Partial, see also 5th district, 11th district, and 13th district)

text: History[edit]

text: Georgia's 6th Congressional District has existed since the 29th Congress (1845–1847), the first Congress in which U.S. Representatives were elected from districts rather than at-large. Georgia gained a sixth U.S. Representative for the first time in the 13th Congress (1813–1815). The district was represented by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich from 1979 to 1999.

text: The District has been represented by a Republican consistently since 1979, the longest in the state.

text: Presidential elections results[edit]

text: Election results from presidential races:

text:
Year
Office
Results

2000
President
George W. Bush 68% - Al Gore 32%

2004
President
George W. Bush 70% - John Kerry 29%

2008
President
John McCain 62% - Barack Obama 37%

2012
President
Mitt Romney 61% - Barack Obama 38%

2016
President
Donald Trump 48% - Hillary Clinton 47%

text: List of representatives[edit]

text:
Congress
Years
Representative
Party
Constituency
Electoral history
Sources

District established following the 19th Congress.

20th
(1827–1829)
March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829
 Tomlinson Fort
Jacksonian

Elected in 1826.
[5]

Redistricted to the at-large district beginning with the 21st Congress.

Redistricted from the at-large district following the 28th Congress.

29th
(1845–1847)
March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851
 Howell Cobb
Democratic

Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Elected Governor of Georgia in 1851.
[6]

30th
(1847–1849)

31st
(1849–1851)

32nd
(1851–1853)
March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855
 Junius Hillyer
Unionist
First elected in 1850.
Re-elected in 1852.
[7]

33rd
(1853–1855)
Democratic

34th
(1855–1857)
March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
 Howell Cobb
Democratic
Elected again in 1854.
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
[6]

35th
(1857–1859)
March 4, 1857 –
January 23, 1861
 James Jackson
Democratic
First elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia's secession from the Union.
[8]

36th
(1859–1861)

Georgia seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861.

January 23, 1861 –
July 25, 1868
Vacant

Seat unclaimed during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
[citation needed]

37th
(1861–1863)

38th
(1863–1865)

39th
(1865–1867)

40th
(1867–1869)

Georgia rejoined the Union on July 25, 1868.

July 25, 1868 –
March 4, 1869
Vacant
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District failed to elect a representative in the 1866 election.
[citation needed]

41st
(1869–1871)
March 4, 1869 –
December 22, 1870
Vacant
District failed to elect a representative in the 1868 election.
[citation needed]

December 22, 1870 –
March 3, 1873
 William P. Price
Democratic
First elected in an 1870 special election.
Re-elected in 1870.
Declined to seek re-election in 1872.
[9]

42nd
(1871–1873)

43rd
(1873–1875)
March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1893
 James H. Blount
Democratic
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
First elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Declined to seek re-election in 1892.
[10]

44th
(1875–1877)

45th
(1877–1879)

46th
(1879–1881)

47th
(1881–1883)

48th
(1883–1885)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

49th
(1885–1887)

50th
(1887–1889)

51st
(1889–1891)

52nd
(1891–1893)

53rd
(1893–1895)
March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
 Thomas B. Cabaniss
Democratic
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Elected in 1892.
Failed to receive nomination for re-election in 1894.
[11]

54th
(1895–1897)
March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1915
 Charles L. Bartlett
Democratic
First elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Declined to seek re-election in 1914.
[12]

55th
(1897–1899)

56th
(1899–1901)

57th
(1901–1903)

58th
(1903–1905)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

59th
(1905–1907)

60th
(1907–1909)

61st
(1909–1911)

62nd
(1911–1913)

63rd
(1913–1915)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

64th
(1915–1917)
March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1925
 James W. Wise
Democratic
First elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness.
Declined to seek re-election in 1924.
[13]

65th
(1917–1919)

66th
(1919–1921)

67th
(1921–1923)

68th
(1923–1925)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

69th
(1925–1927)
March 4, 1925 –
February 4, 1932
 Samuel Rutherford
Democratic
First elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died in office in 1932.
[14]

70th
(1927–1929)

71st
(1929–1931)

72nd
(1931–1933)

February 4, 1932 –
March 2, 1932
Vacant
Vacancy due to Samuel Rutherford's death.

March 2, 1932 –
March 3, 1933
 Carlton Mobley
Democratic
Elected in a 1932 special election.
Declined to seek re-election in 1932.
[15]

Redistricted from the 10th district, based on the 1930 census.

73rd
(1933–1935)
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1965
 Carl Vinson
Democratic
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Declined to seek re-election in 1964.
[16]

74th
(1935–1937)

75th
(1937–1939)

76th
(1939–1941)

77th
(1941–1943)

78th
(1943–1945)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

79th
(1945–1947)

80th
(1947–1949)

81st
(1949–1951)

82nd
(1951–1953)

83rd
(1953–1955)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

84th
(1955–1957)

85th
(1957–1959)

86th
(1959–1961)

87th
(1961–1963)

88th
(1963–1965)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

89th
(1965–1967)
January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1979
 Jack Flynt
Democratic
First elected in 1964, after having represented the 4th district since the 83rd Congress.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Declined to seek re-election in 1978.
[17]

90th
(1967–1969)

91st
(1969–1971)

92nd
(1971–1973)

93rd
(1973–1975)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

94th
(1975–1977)

95th
(1977–1979)

96th
(1979–1981)
January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1999
 Newt Gingrich
Republican
First elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998, but resigned from office prior to the start of the new term.
[18]

97th
(1981–1983)

98th
(1983–1985)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

99th
(1985–1987)

100th
(1987–1989)

101st
(1989–1991)

102nd
(1991–1993)

103rd
(1993–1995)
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

104th
(1995–1997)

105th
(1997–1999)

106th
(1999–2001)
January 3, 1999 –
February 23, 1999
Vacant
Vacancy due to Newt Gingrich's retirement.

February 23, 1999 –
January 3, 2005
 Johnny Isakson
Republican
First elected in a 1999 special election.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
[19]

107th
(2001–2003)

108th
(2003–2005)
Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton counties.

109th
(2005–2007)
January 3, 2005 –
February 10, 2017
 Tom Price
Republican
First elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
[20]

110th
(2007–2009)
Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties.

111th
(2009–2011)

112th
(2011–2013)

113th
(2013–2015)
Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties.

114th
(2015–2017)

115th
(2017–2019)

February 10, 2017 –
June 26, 2017
vacant
Vacancy due to Tom Price's resignation

June 26, 2017 –
 Karen Handel
Republican
Elected to finish Price's term

Congress
Years
Representative
Party
Constituency
Electoral history
Sources

text: Election results[edit]

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (1974)

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Democratic
Jack Flynt*
49,082
51.45

Republican
Newt Gingrich
46,308
48.55

Total votes
'
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Democratic hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2002)

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Johnny Isakson*
163,209
79.91

Democratic
Jeff Weisberger
41,043
20.09

Total votes
204,252
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2004)[21]

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Tom Price
267,542
100.00

Total votes
267,542
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2006)

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Tom Price*
144,958
72.39

Democratic
Steve Sinton
55,294
27.61

Total votes
200,252
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2008)

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Tom Price*
231,520
68.48

Democratic
Bill Jones
106,551
31.52

Total votes
338,071
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2010)[22]

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Tom Price*
198,100
99.91

Write-in
Sean Greenberg
188
0.09

Total votes
198,288
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2012)[23]

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Tom Price*
189,669
64.51

Democratic
Jeff Kazanow
104,365
35.49

Total votes
294,034
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2014)[24]

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Tom Price*
139,018
66.04

Democratic
Robert G. Montigel
71,486
33.96

Total votes
210,504
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2016)

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Republican
Tom Price*
201,088
61.7

Democratic
Rodney Stooksbury
124,917
38.3

Total votes
326,005
100.00

Voter turnout
 %

Republican hold

text: 2017 special election[edit]

text: Primary[edit]

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district special election (2017)

Party
Candidate
Votes
%

Democratic
Jon Ossoff
92,673
48.2

Republican
Karen Handel
38,071
19.7

Republican
Bob Gray
20,755
10.8

Republican
Dan Moody
16,994
8.8

Republican
Judson Hill
16,848
8.8

Republican
Kurt Wilson
1,812
0.94

Republican
David Abroms
1,637
0.85

Democratic
Ragin Edwards
502
0.26

Democratic
Ron Slotin
488
0.25

Republican
Bruce LeVell
455
0.24

Republican
Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan
414
0.22

Republican
Keith Grawert
414
0.22

Republican
Amy Kremer
349
0.18

Republican
William Llop
326
0.17

Democratic
Rebecca Quigg
304
0.16

Democratic
Richard Keatley
227
0.12

Independent
Alexander Hernandez
121
0.06

Independent
Andre Pollard
55
0.03

Total votes
192,084
100

Voter turnout
43.47%

Runoff election

text: Results[edit]

text:
Georgia's 6th congressional district special election (2017)[25]

Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

Republican
Karen Handel
134,799
51.78
-9.9%

Democratic
Jon Ossoff
125,517
48.22
+9.9%

Total votes
260,316
99.95

Majority
9,282
3.57
-19.8%

Turnout
260,455
58.16

Republican hold

text: Living former members[edit]

text: As of April 2017[update], there are three living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th congressional district.

text:
Representative
Term of office
Date of birth (and age)

Newt Gingrich
1979–1999
(1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 (age 74)

Johnny Isakson
1999–2005
(1944-12-28) December 28, 1944 (age 72)

Tom Price
2005–2017
(1954-10-08) October 8, 1954 (age 62)


document_title: List of amusement park rankings

question_text: the most visited amusement park in the world

text: List of amusement park rankings

text: Attendance records[edit]

text: This is a list of annual attendance figures of amusement parks and water parks released by TEA, the Themed Entertainment Association.

text: Amusement park corporations[edit]

text: This section lists the top 10 largest amusement park corporations in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Amusement park corporations
Country
2006[1]
2007[2]
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011[6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
 United States
112,500,000
116,500,000
118,000,000
119,100,000
120,600,000
121,400,000
126,479,000
132,549,000
134,330,000
137,902,000
140,403,000

2
Merlin Entertainments Group
 United Kingdom
16,000,000
32,100,000
35,200,000
38,500,002
41,000,000
46,400,000
54,000,000
59,800,000
62,800,000
62,900,000
61,200,000

3
Universal Parks & Resorts
 United States
25,800,000
26,400,000
25,700,000
23,700,000
26,300,000
30,800,000
34,515,000
36,360,000
40,152,000
44,884,000
47,356,000

4
OCT Parks China
 People's Republic of China
N/A
N/A
13,400,000
15,800,000
19,300,000
21,730,000
23,359,000
26,180,000
27,990,000
28,830,000
32,270,000

5
Fantawild Group
 People's Republic of China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
9,193,000
13,188,000
N/A
23,093,000
31,639,000

6
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
 United States
28,500,000
24,900,000
25,300,000
23,800,000
24,300,000
24,300,000
25,750,000
26,100,000
25,638,000
28,557,000
30,108,000

7
Chimelong Group
 People's Republic of China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
11,672,000
18,659,000
23,587,000
27,362,000

8
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
 United States
24,700,000
22,100,000
22,700,000
21,100,000
22,800,000
23,400,000
23,600,000
23,519,000
23,305,000
24,448,000
25,104,000

9
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
 United States
21,700,000
22,300,000
23,000,000
23,500,000
22,400,000
23,600,000
24,310,000
23,400,000
22,399,000
22,471,000
22,000,000

10
Parques Reunidos
 Spain
9,200,000
12,000,000
24,900,000
24,800,000
25,800,000
26,220,000
27,130,000
26,017,000
22,206,000
N/A
20,825,000

*
Songcheng Worldwide
 People's Republic of China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7,150,000
14,560,000
N/A
N/A

*
Haichang Group
 People's Republic of China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7,550,000
9,400,000
10,096,000
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Compagnie des Alpes (Grévin & Compagnie SA)
 France
N/A
9,600,000
9,500,000
10,000,000
9,000,000
9,210,000
9,300,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation
 United States
N/A
8,900,000
8,300,000
N/A
9,600,000
9,500,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Everland
 South Korea
N/A
8,600,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

text: Amusement parks[edit]

text: Worldwide[edit]

text: This section list the top 45 largest amusement parks worldwide in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Amusement park
Location
2006[1]
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011[6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
16,640,000
17,063,000
17,233,000
16,972,000
17,142,000
17,536,000
18,588,000
19,332,000
20,492,000
20,395,000

2
Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort
Anaheim, California, United States
14,730,000
14,721,000
15,900,000
15,980,000
16,140,000
15,963,000
16,202,000
16,769,000
18,278,000
17,943,000

3
Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
12,900,000
14,293,000
13,646,000
14,452,000
13,996,000
14,847,000
17,214,000
17,300,000
16,600,000
16,540,000

4
Universal Studios Japan
Osaka, Japan
8,500,000
8,300,000
8,000,000
8,160,000
8,500,000
9,700,000
10,100,000
11,800,000
13,900,000
14,500,000

5
Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
12,100,000
12,498,000
12,004,000
12,663,000
11,930,000
12,656,000
14,084,000
14,100,000
13,600,000
13,460,000

6
Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
10,460,000
10,935,000
10,990,000
10,825,000
10,825,000
11,063,000
11,229,000
11,454,000
11,798,000
11,712,000

7
Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
9,100,000
9,540,000
9,590,000
9,686,000
9,783,000
9,998,000
10,198,000
10,402,000
10,922,000
10,844,000

8
Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
8,910,000
9,608,000
9,700,000
9,603,000
9,699,000
9,912,000
10,110,000
10,312,000
10,828,000
10,776,000

9
Universal Studios Florida at Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida, United States
6,000,000
6,231,000
5,530,000
5,925,000
6,044,000
6,195,000
7,062,000
8,263,000
9,585,000
9,998,000

10
Universal's Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida, United States
5,300,000
5,297,000
4,627,000
5,949,000
7,674,000
7,981,000
8,141,000
8,141,000
8,792,000
9,362,000

11
Disney California Adventure Park at Disneyland Resort
Anaheim, California, United States
5,950,000
5,566,000
6,095,000
6,287,000
6,341,000
7,775,000
8,514,000
8,769,000
9,383,000
9,295,000

12
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hengqin, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5,504,000
7,486,000
8,474,000

13
Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris
Marne-la-Vallée, France
10,600,000
12,688,000
12,740,000
10,500,000
10,990,000
11,200,000
10,430,000
9,940,000
10,360,000
8,400,000

14
Lotte World
Seoul, South Korea
5,500,000
4,236,000
4,261,000
5,551,000
5,780,000
6,383,000
7,400,000
7,606,000
7,310,000
8,150,000

15
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal City, California, United States
4,700,000
4,583,000
4,308,000
5,040,000
5,141,000
5,912,000
6,148,000
6,824,000
7,097,000
8,086,000

16
Everland at Everland Resort
Yongin, South Korea
7,500,000
6,600,000
6,169,000
6,884,000
6,570,000
6,853,000
7,303,000
7,381,000
7,423,000
7,200,000

17
Hong Kong Disneyland at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Lantau Island, Hong Kong
5,200,000
4,500,000
4,600,000
5,200,000
5,900,000
6,700,000
7,400,000
7,500,000
6,800,000
6,100,000

18
Ocean Park Hong Kong
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
4,380,000
5,030,000
4,800,000
5,404,000
6,955,000
7,436,000
7,475,000
7,792,000
7,387,000
5,996,000

19
Nagashima Spa Land
Kuwana, Japan
3,910,000
3,734,000
4,700,000
4,465,000
5,820,000
5,850,000
5,840,000
5,630,000
5,870,000
5,850,000

20
Europa-Park at Europa-Park Resort
Rust, Germany
3,950,000
4,000,000
4,250,000
4,250,000
4,500,000
4,600,000
4,900,000
5,000,000
5,500,000
5,600,000

21
Shanghai Disneyland Park at Shanghai Disney Resort
Shanghai, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5,600,000

22
Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris
Marne-la-Vallée, France
2,200,000
2,612,000
2,655,000
4,500,000
4,710,000
4,800,000
4,470,000
4,260,000
4,440,000
4,970,000

23
SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando, Florida, United States
5,740,000
5,926,000
5,800,000
5,100,000
5,202,000
5,358,000
5,090,000
4,683,000
4,777,000
4,777,000

24
Efteling
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
3,200,000
3,200,000
4,000,000
4,000,000
4,125,000
4,200,000
4,150,000
4,400,000
4,680,000
4,764,000

25
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen, Denmark
4,396,000
3,972,000
3,870,000
3,696,000
3,963,000
4,033,000
4,200,000
4,478,000
4,733,000
4,640,000

26
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Tampa, Florida, United States
4,360,000
4,410,000
4,100,000
4,200,000
4,284,000
4,348,000
4,087,000
4,128,000
4,252,000
4,169,000

27
Universal Studios Singapore
Singapore
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,000,000
3,411,000
3,480,000
3,650,000
3,840,000
4,200,000
4,100,000

28
Knott's Berry Farm
Buena Park, California, United States
3,670,000
3,565,000
3,333,000
3,600,000
3,654,000
3,508,000
3,683,000
3,683,000
3,867,000
4,014,000

29
OCT East
Shenzhen, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,530,000
3,890,000
4,196,000
3,950,000
3,780,000
3,940,000
3,960,000

30
Window of the World at OCT Resort
Shenzhen, China
N/A
N/A
2,500,000
2,651,000
3,123,000
3,170,000
3,250,000
3,600,000
3,440,000
3,910,000

31
Happy Valley at OCT Resort
Shenzhen, China
2,930,000
3,180,000
2,800,000
3,050,000
3,890,000
3,212,000
3,282,000
3,300,000
3,250,000
3,860,000

32
Chimelong Paradise
Guangzhou, China
N/A
N/A
2,400,000
2,400,000
2,700,000
2,970,000
3,200,000
3,351,000
3,619,000
3,836,000

33
Happy Valley
Beijing, China
N/A
N/A
2,350,000
2,734,000
3,438,000
3,055,000
3,100,000
3,340,000
3,740,000
3,830,000

34
Canada's Wonderland
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
3,230,000
3,380,000
3,160,000
3,380,000
3,481,000
3,655,000
3,582,000
3,546,000
3,617,000
3,723,000

35
PortAventura Park at PortAventura World
Salou and Vila-seca, Spain
3,500,000
3,300,000
3,000,000
3,050,000
3,522,000
3,540,000
3,400,000
3,500,000
3,600,000
3,650,000

36
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio, United States
3,070,000
3,198,000
2,942,000
3,051,000
3,143,000
3,221,000
3,382,000
3,247,000
3,507,000
3,604,000

37
SeaWorld San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
4,260,000
4,174,000
4,200,000
3,800,000
4,294,000
4,444,000
4,311,000
3,794,000
3,528,000
3,528,000

38
Fantawild Adventure
Zhengzhou, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,828,000
3,509,000

39
Fantawild Oriental Heritage
Ningbo, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,441,000

40
Kings Island
Mason, Ohio, United States
3,050,000
3,126,000
3,000,000
3,112,000
3,143,000
3,206,000
3,206,000
3,238,000
3,335,000
3,384,000

41
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California, United States
2,550,000
N/A
2,500,000
2,600,000
2,700,000
2,808,000
2,906,000
2,848,000
3,104,000
3,332,000

42
Hersheypark
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
2,690,000
2,842,000
2,807,000
2,891,000
2,949,000
3,140,000
3,180,000
3,212,000
3,276,000
3,276,000

43
Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey, United States
2,730,000
2,761,000
2,634,000
2,700,000
N/A
2,650,000
2,800,000
2,800,000
3,052,000
3,220,000

44
Liseberg
Gothenburg, Sweden
2,950,000
3,050,000
3,150,000
2,900,000
2,900,000
2,800,000
2,860,000
3,100,000
3,100,000
3,070,000

45
Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,780,000
2,950,000

text: North America[edit]

text: This section lists the top 20 largest amusement parks in North America in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Amusement park
Location
2001[12]
2002[13]
2003[14]
2004[15]
2005[16]
2006[1]
2007[2]
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[6]
2011[6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
14,700,000
14,000,000
14,040,000
15,100,000
16,100,000
16,640,000
17,060,000
17,063,000
17,233,000
16,972,000
17,142,000
17,536,000
18,588,000
19,332,000
20,492,000
20,395,000

2
Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort
Anaheim, California, United States
12,300,000
12,700,000
12,720,000
13,400,000
14,500,000
14,730,000
14,870,000
14,721,000
15,900,000
15,980,000
16,140,000
15,963,000
16,202,000
16,769,000
18,278,000
17,943,000

3
Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
9,000,000
8,300,000
8,620,000
9,400,000
9,900,000
10,460,000
10,930,000
10,935,000
10,990,000
10,825,000
10,825,000
11,063,000
11,229,000
11,454,000
11,798,000
11,712,000

4
Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
7,700,000
7,300,000
7,310,000
7,800,000
8,200,000
8,910,000
9,490,000
9,540,000
9,590,000
9,686,000
9,783,000
9,998,000
10,198,000
10,402,000
10,922,000
10,844,000

5
Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
8,300,000
8,000,000
7,870,000
8,200,000
8,600,000
9,100,000
9,510,000
9,608,000
9,700,000
9,603,000
9,699,000
9,912,000
10,110,000
10,312,000
10,828,000
10,776,000

6
Universal Studios Florida at Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida, United States
7,200,000
6,900,000
6,850,000
6,700,000
6,100,000
6,000,000
6,200,000
6,231,000
5,530,000
5,925,000
6,044,000
6,195,000
7,062,000
8,263,000
9,585,000
9,998,000

7
Universal's Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida, United States
5,500,000
6,100,000
6,070,000
6,300,000
5,760,000
5,300,000
5,430,000
5,297,000
4,627,000
5,949,000
7,674,000
7,981,000
8,141,000
8,141,000
8,792,000
9,362,000

8
Disney California Adventure Park at Disneyland Resort
Anaheim, California, United States
5,000,000
4,700,000
5,310,000
5,600,000
5,800,000
5,950,000
5,680,000
5,566,000
6,095,000
6,278,000
6,341,000
7,775,000
8,514,000
8,769,000
9,383,000
9,295,000

9
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal City, California, United States
4,700,000
5,200,000
4,580,000
5,000,000
4,700,000
4,700,000
4,700,000
4,583,000
4,308,000
5,040,000
5,141,000
5,912,000
6,148,000
6,824,000
7,097,000
8,086,000

10
SeaWorld Orlando
Orlando, Florida, United States
5,100,000
5,000,000
5,200,000
5,600,000
5,600,000
5,740,000
5,800,000
5,926,000
5,800,000
5,100,000
5,202,000
5,358,000
5,090,000
4,683,000
4,777,000
4,402,000

11
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Tampa, Florida, United States
N/A
N/A
4,300,000
N/A
4,300,000
4,360,000
4,400,000
4,410,000
4,100,000
4,200,000
4,284,000
4,348,000
4,087,000
4,128,000
4,252,000
4,169,000

12
Knott's Berry Farm
Buena Park, California, United States
N/A
N/A
3,480,000
N/A
3,470,000
3,670,000
3,630,000
3,565,000
3,333,000
3,600,000
3,654,000
3,508,000
3,683,000
3,683,000
3,867,000
4,014,000

13
Canada's Wonderland
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,600,000
3,230,000
3,250,000
3,380,000
3,160,000
3,380,000
3,481,000
3,655,000
3,582,000
3,546,000
3,617,000
3,723,000

14
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio, United States
N/A
N/A
3,300,000
N/A
3,100,000
3,070,000
3,120,000
3,198,000
2,942,000
3,051,000
3,143,000
3,221,000
3,382,000
3,247,000
3,507,000
3,604,000

15
SeaWorld San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
N/A
N/A
4,000,000
N/A
4,100,000
4,260,000
4,260,000
4,147,000
4,200,000
3,800,000
4,294,000
4,444,000
4,311,000
3,794,000
3,528,000
3,528,000

16
Kings Island
Mason, Ohio, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,300,000
3,050,000
3,050,000
3,126,000
3,000,000
3,112,000
3,143,000
3,206,000
3,206,000
3,238,000
3,335,000
3,384,000

17
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,800,000
2,550,000
N/A
N/A
2,500,000
2,600,000
2,700,000
2,808,000
2,906,000
2,848,000
3,104,000
3,332,000

18
Hersheypark
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,700,000
2,690,000
2,940,000
2,842,000
2,807,000
2,891,000
2,949,000
3,140,000
3,180,000
3,212,000
3,276,000
3,276,000

19
Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,900,000
2,730,000
2,720,000
2,761,000
2,634,000
2,700,000
N/A
2,650,000
2,800,000
2,800,000
3,052,000
3,220,000

20
Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,780,000
2,950,000

*
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,094,000
2,900,000
2,800,000
2,744,000
2,856,000
2,766,000
2,699,000
2,780,000
N/A

text: Europe[edit]

text: This section list the top 20 largest amusement parks in Europe in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Amusement park
Location
2006[1]
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011[6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris
Marne-la-Vallée, France
10,600,000
12,688,000
12,740,000
10,500,000
10,990,000
11,200,000
10,430,000
9,940,000
9,790,000
8,400,000

2
Europa-Park at Europa-Park Resort
Rust, Germany
3,950,000
4,000,000
4,250,000
4,250,000
4,500,000
4,600,000
4,900,000
5,000,000
5,500,000
5,600,000

3
Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris
Marne-la-Vallée, France
2,200,000
2,612,000
2,655,000
4,500,000
4,710,000
4,800,000
4,470,000
4,260,000
5,050,000
4,970,000

4
Efteling
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
3,200,000
3,200,000
4,000,000
4,000,000
4,125,000
4,200,000
4,150,000
4,400,000
4,680,000
4,764,000

5
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen, Denmark
4,396,000
3,972,000
3,870,000
3,696,000
3,963,000
4,033,000
4,200,000
4,478,000
4,733,000
4,640,000

6
PortAventura Park at PortAventura World
Salou and Vila-seca, Spain
3,500,000
3,300,000
3,000,000
3,050,000
3,522,000
3,540,000
3,400,000
3,500,000
3,600,000
3,650,000

7
Liseberg
Gothenburg, Sweden
2,950,000
3,050,000
3,150,000
2,900,000
2,900,000
2,800,000
2,860,000
3,100,000
3,052,000
3,070,000

8
Gardaland at Gardaland Resort
Castelnuovo del Garda, Italy
3,100,000
3,100,000
2,900,000
2,800,000
2,850,000
2,700,000
2,700,000
2,750,000
2,850,000
2,880,000

9
Puy du Fou
Les Epesses, France
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,470,000
1,500,000
1,600,000
1,740,000
1,912,000
2,050,000
2,220,000

10
Legoland Windsor
Windsor, United Kingdom
1,480,000
1,815,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
2,000,000
2,050,000
2,200,000
2,250,000
2,183,000

11
Legoland Billund at Legoland Billund Resort
Billund, Denmark
1,460,000
1,650,000
1,650,000
1,650,000
1,600,000
1,650,000
1,800,000
1,925,000
2,050,000
2,091,000

12
Phantasialand
Brühl, Germany
1,900,000
1,900,000
1,950,000
1,850,000
1,750,000
1,750,000
1,750,000
1,845,000
1,900,000
1,995,000

13
Alton Towers at Alton Towers Resort
Alton, United Kingdom
2,400,000
2,520,000
2,650,000
2,750,000
2,650,000
2,400,000
2,500,000
2,575,000
1,925,000
1,980,000

14
Futuroscope
Jaunay-Clan, France
1,350,000
1,600,000
1,700,000
1,825,000
1,741,000
1,700,000
1,464,000
1,665,000
1,800,000
1,900,000

15
Parc Astérix
Plailly, France
1,800,000
1,800,000
1,820,000
1,663,000
1,595,000
1,723,000
1,620,000
1,800,000
1,850,000
1,850,000

16
Parque Warner Madrid
San Martín de la Vega, Spain
1,000,000
1,100,000
1,450,000
1,193,000
1,200,000
N/A
1,160,000
1,460,000
1,641,000
1,800,000

17
Thorpe Park at Thorpe Park Resort
Chertsey, United Kingdom
1,700,000
1,700,000
1,870,000
1,850,000
1,900,000
1,800,000
2,000,000
2,100,000
1,800,000
1,800,000

18
Chessington World of Adventures
Chessington, United Kingdom
N/A
N/A
1,300,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
1,304,000
1,500,000
2,050,000
1,640,000
1,670,000

19
Heide Park at Heide Park Resort
Soltau, Germany
1,200,000
1,330,000
1,400,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
1,300,000
1,400,000
1,475,000
1,525,000
1,540,000

20
Gröna Lund
Stockholm, Sweden
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,306,000
1,464,000
1,408,000
1,500,000
1,311,000
1,461,000
1,510,000

*
Dyrehavsbakken[17]
Klampenborg, Denmark
2,700,000
2,700,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Duinrell
Wassenaar, Netherlands
1,350,000
1,356,000
1,349,000
N/A
N/A
1,360,000
1,375,000
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Mirabilandia
Savio, Italy
1,700,000
1,600,000
1,624,000
1,505,000
1,481,000
1,390,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Attractiepark Slagharen
Slagharen, Netherlands
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,464,000
1,400,000
N/A
N/A
1,037,000
N/A
N/A

*
Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,347,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,340,552
1,200,000
N/A

*
Plopsaland De Panne
De Panne, Belgium
750,000[18]
850,000[19]
1,000,000[20]
1,100,000[21]
1,245,000[21]
1,265,000
1,200,000[22]
1,275,000[22]
N/A
N/A

text: Latin America[edit]

text: This section list the top 10 largest amusement parks in Latin America in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Amusement park
Location
2006[1]
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[6]
2011[6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Six Flags México
Mexico City, Mexico
2,054,000
2,020,000
1,950,000
2,000,000
2,200,000
2,310,000
2,345,000
2,368,000
2,368,000
2,486,000

2
Beto Carrero World
Santa Catarina, Brazil
N/A
N/A
1,000,000
1,030,000
1,050,000
1,500,000
1,530,000
1,683,000
2,000,000
2,080,000

3
La Feria Chapultepec Mágico
Mexico City, Mexico
1,457,000
1,473,000
1,400,000
1,470,000
1,507,000
1,537,000
1,537,000
1,552,000
1,584,000
1,591,000

4
Hopi Hari
São Paulo, Brazil
1,500,000
1,458,000
1,500,000
1,983,000
1,850,000
1,628,000
1,685,000
1,668,000
1,668,000
1,468,000

5
Parque Xcaret
Cancun, Mexico
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,200,000
1,212,000
1,287,000
1,401,000

6
Parque Plaza Sésamo
Monterrey, Mexico
1,050,000
1,025,000
970,000
931,000
900,000
1,197,000
1,209,000
1,221,000
1,221,000
1,221,000

7
Mundo Petapa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,253,000
1,056,000
1,138,000
1,199,000
1,220,000

8
Parque Mundo Aventura
Bogotá, Colombia
N/A
N/A
N/A
990,000
1,208,000
1,065,000
1,152,000
1,423,000
1,389,000
1,180,000

9
Fantasilandia
Santiago, Chile
N/A
1,100,000
1,100,000
1,166,000
1,180,000
1,070,000
1,086,000
1,111,000
1,003,000
1,085,000

10
Theme Park Nacional del Café
Quindío, Colombia
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,000,000
1,050,000

*
Parque de la Costa
Tigre, Argentina
N/A
1,036,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
1,080,000
1,091,000
1,050,000
1,020,000
956,000
N/A

*
El Salitre Mágico
Bogotá, Colombia
1,105,000
1,071,000
1,000,000
957,000
1,101,000
958,000
1,054,000
1,030,000
N/A
N/A

*
Playcenter
São Paulo, Brazil
1,600,000
1,600,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
1,350,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

text: Asia-Pacific[edit]

text: This section list the top 20 largest amusement parks in the Asia-Pacific region in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Amusement park
Location
2006[1]
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011[6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
12,900,000
14,293,000
13,646,000
14,452,000
13,996,000
14,847,000
17,214,000
17,300,000
16,600,000
16,540,000

2
Universal Studios Japan
Osaka, Japan
8,500,000
8,300,000
8,000,000
8,160,000
8,500,000
9,700,000
10,100,000
11,800,000
13,900,000
14,500,000

3
Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
12,100,000
12,498,000
12,004,000
12,663,000
11,930,000
12,656,000
14,084,000
14,100,000
13,600,000
13,460,000

4
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Hengqin, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5,504,000
7,486,000
8,474,000

5
Lotte World
Seoul, South Korea
5,500,000
4,236,000
4,261,000
5,551,000
5,780,000
6,383,000
7,400,000
7,606,000
7,310,000
8,150,000

6
Everland at Everland Resort
Yongin, South Korea
7,500,000
6,600,000
6,169,000
6,884,000
6,570,000
6,853,000
7,303,000
7,381,000
7,423,000
7,200,000

7
Hong Kong Disneyland at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Lantau Island, Hong Kong
5,200,000
4,500,000
4,600,000
5,200,000
5,900,000
6,700,000
7,400,000
7,500,000
6,800,000
6,100,000

8
Ocean Park
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
4,380,000
5,030,000
4,800,000
5,404,000
6,955,000
7,436,000
7,475,000
7,792,000
7,387,000
5,996,000

9
Nagashima Spa Land
Kuwana, Japan
3,910,000
3,734,000
4,700,000
4,465,000
5,820,000
5,850,000
5,840,000
5,630,000
5,630,000
5,850,000

10
Shanghai Disneyland Park at Shanghai Disneyland Resort
Shanghai, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5,600,000

11
Universal Studios Singapore
Singapore
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,000,000
3,411,000
3,480,000
3,650,000
3,840,000
4,200,000
4,100,000

12
OCT East
Shenzhen, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,530,000
3,890,000
4,196,000
3,950,000
3,780,000
3,940,000
3,960,000

13
Window of the World at OCT Resort
Shenzhen, China
N/A
N/A
2,500,000
2,651,000
3,123,000
3,170,000
3,250,000
3,600,000
3,440,000
3,910,000

14
Happy Valley at OCT Resort
Shenzhen, China
2,930,000
3,180,000
2,800,000
3,050,000
3,890,000
3,212,000
3,282,000
3,300,000
3,250,000
3,860,000

15
Chimelong Paradise
Guangzhou, China
N/A
N/A
2,400,000
2,400,000
2,700,000
2,970,000
3,200,000
3,351,000
3,619,000
3,836,000

16
Happy Valley
Beijing, China
N/A
N/A
2,350,000
2,734,000
3,438,000
3,055,000
3,100,000
3,340,000
3,740,000
3,830,000

17
Fantawild Adventure
Zhengzhou, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,828,000
3,509,000

18
Fantawild Oriental Heritage
Ningbo, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,441,000

19
Happy Valley
Chengdu, China
N/A
N/A
2,400,000
2,218,000
2,443,000
2,445,000
2,560,000
2,580,000
2,590,000
2,340,000

20
Happy Valley
Shanghai, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,270,000
2,360,000
2,340,000
2,390,000

*
Songcheng Park
Hanghzou, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
3,797,000
3,327,000
3,800,000
4,100,000
5,810,000
N/A
N/A

*
Songcheng Lijiang Paradise at Lijiang Songcheng Resort
Lijiang, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,880,000
N/A
N/A

*
Changzhou Dinosaur Park
Changzhou, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,300,000
3,500,000
3,400,000
3,600,000
3,700,000
N/A
N/A

*
Songcheng Sanya Romance Park
Sanya, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,930,000
N/A
N/A

*
Jiuzhai Songcheng Resort
Jiuzhaigou, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,880,000
N/A
N/A

*
Fantawild Adventure
Wuhu, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,204,000
2,253,000
N/A
N/A

*
Seoulland at Seoul Grand Park
Gwacheon, South Korea
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,130,000
2,300,000
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Fantawild Adventure
Zhengzhou, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2,850,000
N/A
N/A
N/A

*
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Yokohama, Japan
5,400,000
4,555,000
4,500,000
4,023,000
3,820,000
4,050,000
4,149,000
N/A
N/A
N/A

text: Water parks[edit]

text: Worldwide[edit]

text: This section list the top 20 largest water parks worldwide in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Water park
Location
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011 [6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Chime-Long Water Park
Guangzhou, China
1,600,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
1,900,000
2,021,000
2,172,000
2,259,000
2,352,000
2,538,000

2
Typhoon Lagoon at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
2,059,000
2,059,000
2,038,000
2,058,000
2,100,000
2,142,000
2,185,000
2,294,000
2,277,000

3
Blizzard Beach at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
1,891,000
1,891,000
1,872,000
1,891,000
1,929,000
1,968,000
2,007,000
2,107,000
2,091,000

4
Thermas Dos Laranjais
Olimpia, Brazil
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,300,000
1,650,000
1,939,000
1,761,000
1,959,000

5
Bahamas Aquaventure Water Park
Paradise Island, Bahamas
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,850,000
1,868,000
1,868,000

6
Caribbean Bay at Everland Resort
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
1,500,000
1,450,000
1,736,000
1,497,000
1,508,000
1,623,000
1,493,000
1,434,000
1,550,000

7
Aquatica
Orlando, Florida, United States
950,000
1,600,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,538,000
1,553,000
1,569,000
1,600,000
1,536,000

8
Ocean World
Gangwon-do, South Korea
1,260,000
1,310,000
1,375,000
1,726,000
1,720,000
1,700,000
1,604,000
1,509,000
1,473,000

9
Aquaventure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
N/A
N/A
1,040,000
1,200,000
1,300,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
1,430,000

10
Hot Park Rio Quente
Caldas Novas, Brazil
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,284,000
1,288,000
1,288,000
1,381,000

11
Wet 'n Wild Orlando
Orlando, Florida, United States
1,300,000
1,235,000
1,223,000
1,223,000
1,247,000
1,259,000
1,284,000
1,310,000
1,310,000

12
Sunway Lagoon
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1,100,000
907,000
1,000,000
1,040,000
1,200,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
1,077,000
1,270,000

13
Therme Erding
Erding, Germany
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,235,000
1,245,000

14
Wet'n'Wild
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
1,025,000
1,095,000
1,175,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
1,409,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
1,242,000

15
Shenyang Royal Ocean Park Water World
Fushun, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,000,000
1,100,000
1,172,000
1,150,000
1,170,000

16
Tropical Islands
Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg, Germany
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,000,000
1,002,000
1,133,000

17
Atlantis Water Adventure
Jakarta, Indonesia
N/A
720,000
850,000
950,000
1,000,000
980,000
960,000
960,000
1,110,000

18
Beach Park
Aquiraz, Brazil
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
843,000
964,000
949,000
970,000
1,044,000

19
Schlitterbahn
New Braunfels, Texas, United States
882,000
900,000
882,000
982,000
1,017,000
1,027,000
1,037,000
1,037,000
1,037,000

20
Wuhu Fantawild Water Park
Wuhu, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
708,000
1,024,000

text: North America[edit]

text: This section has the top 20 water parks in North America in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Water park
Location
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011 [6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Typhoon Lagoon at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
2,050,000
2,059,000
2,059,000
2,038,000
2,058,000
2,100,000
2,142,000
2,294,000
2,277,000

2
Blizzard Beach at Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States
1,880,000
1,891,000
1,891,000
1,872,000
1,891,000
1,929,000
1,968,000
2,107,000
2,091,000

3
Aquatica
Orlando, Florida, United States
N/A
950,000
1,600,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,538,000
1,553,000
1,600,000
1,536,000

4
Wet 'n Wild Orlando
Orlando, Florida, United States
1,340,000
1,300,000
1,235,000
1,223,000
1,223,000
1,247,000
1,259,000
1,310,000
1,310,000

5
Schlitterbahn
New Braunfels, Texas, United States
880,000
882,000
900,000
882,000
982,000
1,017,000
1,037,000
1,037,000
1,037,000

6
Water Country USA
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
670,000
758,000
700,000
784,000
723,000
748,000
726,000
726,000
733,000

7
Adventure Island
Tampa, Florida, United States
609,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
651,000
638,000
663,000
650,000

8
Six Flags White Water
Marietta, Georgia, United States
464,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
505,000
505,000
541,000
568,000

9
Schlitterbahn
Galveston, Texas, United States
500,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
546,000
546,000
551,000
562,000

10
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Arlington, Texas, United States
448,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
508,000
518,000
549,000
549,000

11
Splish Splash
Calverton, New York, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
435,000
411,000
513,000
513,000

12
Wet'n'Wild SplashTown
Houston, Texas, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
497,000
501,000
501,000

13
Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
461,000
472,000
481,000
481,000

14
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Jackson, New Jersey, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
424,000
423,000
440,000
449,000

15
Typhoon Texas
Katy, Texas, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
440,000

16
Camelbeach Mountain Waterpark
Tannersville, Pennsylvania, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
367,000
367,000
437,000
437,000

17
Hyland Hills Water World
Denver, Colorado, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
527,000
444,000
434,000

18
Zoombezi Bay
Powell, Ohio, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
389,000
360,000
423,000
423,000

19
Dollywood's Splash Country
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
408,000
416,000
416,000

20
Raging Waters
San Dimas, California, United States
650,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
448,000
423,000
403,000
403,000

text: Latin America[edit]

text: This section has the top 10 water parks in Latin America in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Water park
Location
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Thermas Dos Laranjais
Olimpia, Brazil
1,300,000
1,650,000
1,939,000
1,761,000
1,959,000

2
Bahamas Aquaventure Water Park
Paradise Island, Bahamas
N/A
N/A
1,850,000
1,868,000
1,868,000

3
Hot Park Rio Quente
Caldas Novas, Brazil
N/A
1,284,000
1,288,000
1,288,000
1,381,000

4
Beach Park
Aquiraz, Brazil
843,000
964,000
949,000
970,000
1,044,000

5
Piscilago
Bogotá, Colombia
1,033,000
1,035,000
1,018,000
1,007,000
970,000

6
Parque Acùatico Xocomil
San Martín Zapotitlán, Guatemala
N/A
786,000
767,000
940,000
838,000

7
Parque Acùatico El Rollo
Morelos, Mexico
N/A
300,000
470,000
510,000
520,000

8
Wet 'n Wild São Paulo
São Paul, Brazil
N/A
395,000
496,000
496,000
486,000

9
Rio Water Planet
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
N/A
350,000
400,000
400,000
392,000

10
Thermas Water Park
São Pedro, Brazil
N/A
N/A
N/A
255,000
330,000

text: Asia-Pacific[edit]

text: This section has the top 15 water parks in Asia-Pacific in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Water park
Location
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011 [6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015
2016[11]

1
Chimelong Water Park
Guangzhou, China
1,600,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
1,900,000
2,021,000
2,172,000
2,259,000
2,352,000
2,538,000

2
Caribbean Bay at Everland Resort
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
1,500,000
1,450,000
1,736,000
1,497,000
1,508,000
1,623,000
1,493,000
1,434,000
1,550,000

3
Ocean World
Yongin, South Korea
1,260,000
1,310,000
1,375,000
1,726,000
1,720,000
1,700,000
1,604,000
1,509,000
1,473,000

4
Sunway Lagoon
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1,100,000
907,000
1,000,000
1,040,000
1,200,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
1,077,000
1,270,000

5
Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
1,025,000
1,095,000
1,175,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
1,409,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
1,242,000

6
Shenyang Royal Ocean Park - Water World
Fushun, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,000,000
1,100,000
1,172,000
1,150,000
1,170,000

7
Atlantis Water Adventure
Jakarta, Indonesia
N/A
720,000
850,000
950,000
1,000,000
980,000
960,000
970,000
1,110,000

8
Wuhu Fantawild Water Park
Wuhu, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
309,000
708,000
1,024,000

9
Sunway Lost World of Tambun
Perak, Malaysia
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
500,000
700,000
859,000
1,000,000

10
Woongjin Playdoci Waterdoci,
Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,003,000
997,000
945,000
898,000
900,000

11
Playamaya Water Park
Wuhun, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
740,000
540,000
708,000
870,000

12
Summerland
Tokyo, Japan
898,000
920,000
925,000
850,000
990,000
939,000
884,000
915,000
862,000

13
The Jungle Water Adventure
Bogor, Indonesia
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
571,000
815,000

14
Ocean Park Water Adventure,
Jakarta, Indonesia
N/A
N/A
700,000
600,000
750,000
800,000
777,000
804,000
805,000

15
Zhengzhou Fantawild Water Park
Zhengzhou, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
220,000
694,000
802,000

16
Lotte Water Park
Kimhae, South Korea
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
772,000
779,000

17
Legoland Water Park
Johor, Malaysia
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
630,000
700,000
700,000

18
Playamaya Water Park
Wuhan, China
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
730,000
690,000

19
Adventure Cove Waterpark
Singapore
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
648,000
614,000
660,000
660,000

20
Wet n' Wild Sydney
Sydney, Australia
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
710,000
675,000
635,000

text: Europe/Middle East[edit]

text: This section has the top 10 water parks in Europe/Middle East in order of annual attendance.

text:
Rank
Water park
Location
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5]
2011 [6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]

1
Aquaventure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
N/A
N/A
1,040,000
1,200,000
1,300,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
1,430,000

2
Therme Erding
Erding, Germany
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,235,000
1,245,000

3
Tropical Islands
Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg, Germany
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
910,000
1,002,000
1,133,000

4
Aquapalace
Prague, Czech Republic
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
845,000
997,000
1,023,000

5
Siam Park
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
N/A
N/A
N/A
800,000
800,000
N/A
850,000
865,000
1,000,000

6
Wild Wadi Water Park
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
825,000
677,000
690,000
890,000
860,000
N/A
725,000
715,000
730,000

7
Nettebad
Osnabrück, Germany
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
660,000
744,000
729,000

8
Tiki Pool
Wassenaar, the Netherlands
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
700,000
700,000
700,000

9
Lalandia
Billund, Denmark
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
680,000
680,000
692,000

10
Yas Waterworld
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
675,000
650,000
650,000

text: Other rankings[edit]

text: Number of roller coasters[edit]

text:
Rank
Park
Location
Opened
Coasters
Owner
Ref(s)

1

Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California, United States

1971

19

Six Flags

[23]

2

Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio, United States

1870

17

Cedar Fair

[24]

3

Canada's Wonderland
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

1981

16

Cedar Fair

[25]

4

Kings Island
Mason, Ohio, United States

1972

15

Cedar Fair

[26]

5

Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois, United States

1976

14

Six Flags

[27]

6

Carowinds
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

1973

13

Cedar Fair

[28]

Europa-Park
Rust, Germany

1975

13

Mack Rides

[29]

Hersheypark
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

1906

13

Hershey E&R

[28]

Kings Dominion
Doswell, Virginia, United States

1975

13

Cedar Fair

[30]

Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey, United States

1974

13

Six Flags

[31]

text: Number of roller coaster inversions[edit]

text:
Rank
Park
Location
Opened
Inversions
Owner

1

Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California, United States

1971

36

Six Flags

2

Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio, United States

1870

28

Cedar Fair

3

Kings Island
Mason, Ohio, United States

1972

25

Cedar Fair

4

Thorpe Park
Chertsey, Surrey, England

1979

22

Merlin Entertainments

5

Alton Towers
Alton, Staffordshire, England

1980

20

Merlin Entertainments

Carowinds
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

1973

20

Cedar Fair

6

Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey, United States

1974

19

Six Flags

Six Flags Over Georgia
Austell, Georgia, United States

1967

19

Six Flags

Six Flags Fiesta Texas
San Antonio, Texas, United States

1992

19

Six Flags

7

Kings Dominion
Doswell, Virginia, United States

1975

18

Cedar Fair

Six Flags Great America
Gurnee, Illinois, United States

1976

18

Six Flags