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Table 23 - Top 5 U.S. Land Ports by U.S.-NAFTA Border Crossings: 2004

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Table 23 - Top 5 U.S. Land Ports by U.S.-NAFTA Border Crossings: 2004

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Rank in 2004 Truck Rail
Border Number of crossings Border Number of crossings
  Top 5 U.S.-NAFTA ports 5,940,682 Top 5 U.S.-NAFTA ports 19,351
1 Detroit, MI 1,701,452 Port Huron, MI 5,276
2 Laredo, TX 1,391,850 Detroit, MI 3,936
3 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,175,254 International Falls, MN 3,720
4 Port Huron, MI 945,962 Laredo, TX 3,443
5 Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 726,164 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 2,976
  Top 5 as % of total 52.1 Top 5 as % of total 47.1
  U.S.-NAFTA total crossings 11,405,508 Total U.S.-NAFTA 41,111
  Top 5 U.S.-Canada ports 4,591,686 Top 5 U.S.-Canada ports 18,564
1 Detroit, MI 1,701,452 Port Huron, MI 5,276
2 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,175,254 Detroit, MI 3,936
3 Port Huron, MI 945,962 International Falls, MN 3,720
4 Champlain-Rouses Pt., NY 397,317 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 2,976
5 Blaine, WA 371,701 Warroad, MN 2,656
  Top 5 as % of total 66.5 Top 5 as % of total 55.8
  U.S.-Canada total crossings 6,901,820 U.S.-Canada 33,267
  Top 5 U.S.-Mexico ports 3,604,137 Top 5 U.S.-Mexico ports  
1 Laredo, TX 1,391,850 Laredo, TX 3,443
2 Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 726,164 Eagle Pass, TX 1,653
3 El Paso, TX 719,545 Brownsville, TX 998
4 Hidalgo, TX 454,351 El Paso, TX 744
5 Calexico East, CA 312,227 Nogales, AZ 444
  Top 5 as % of total 80.0 Top 5 as % of total 92.8
  U.S.-Mexico total crossings 4,503,688 U.S.-Mexico 7,844

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Management Reporting, Data Warehouse CD-ROM, August 2005.