This page is a citable reference of verified Pearl Harbor numbers. Every figure below carries a named source and a year. Writers, the sources are spelled out so your fact check clears.

Visiting in person? Our Pearl Harbor tour guide from Waikiki covers tickets, timing, and which tour format fits your day.

Visitation

Metric Figure Source
Visitors, 2025 1,534,226 National Park Service, via Wikipedia
Visitors, 2024 1,577,798 The Parks Podcast (2025)
Annual average, NPS factsheet 1.5 million National Park Service, FY2025 factsheet
Economic output $502 million National Park Service, FY2025 factsheet
Memorial area 21.3 acres Wikipedia, citing NPS
Visitor center hours 7am to 5pm daily National Park Service, via ExploreNP
Closed Thanksgiving, December 25, January 1 National Park Service, via ExploreNP

The memorial became a separate National Memorial on March 12, 2019, under the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, split out from the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument (Wikipedia).

December 7, 1941, by the numbers

Metric Figure Source
Americans killed in the attack More than 2,400 Wikipedia
Ships sunk 12 Wikipedia
USS Arizona crewmen lost 1,177 Multiple Navy histories, via War History Online
Sets of brothers aboard the Arizona 37 War History Online
Fuel aboard the Arizona when she sank About 1.4 million gallons War History Online; America in WWII magazine
Oil still seeping from the wreck 2 to 9 quarts per day Images of Renewal; War History Online
Memorial length 184 feet, spanning the wreck at midship America in WWII magazine
Memorial architect Alfred Preis Multiple sources
Memorial dedicated 1962 Multiple sources

The seeping oil is what survivors named "the black tears of the Arizona." The Park Service monitors the site, balancing preservation of the memorial with environmental protection. Surviving USS Arizona crewmen may have their ashes interred in the sunken ship by divers, a tradition honoring their connection to the fallen (museum-explorer.com).

Tickets and planning

The boat program to the memorial is free, but it is reservation only. First come walk up distribution ended; everything runs through Recreation.gov.

Item Detail Source
Program cost Free, $1 nonrefundable fee per ticket National Park Service
Booking site Recreation.gov only National Park Service
Release windows Daily at 3pm HST, 8 weeks and 24 hours ahead National Park Service
Limit 10 tickets per person per day National Park Service
No reservation Standby Callback system via tablets at the visitor center National Park Service
Bags Not permitted; paid storage onsite pearlharbor.org; hawaii.com
Parking $7, fills early pearlharbor.org

For the full planning breakdown, tickets, timing, and tour options, see our Pearl Harbor tour guide from Waikiki.