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Table 1-49: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Rail Container Crossings

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 1-49: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Rail Container Crossings

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Truck 2002
Total U.S.-Mexican border 4,426,593
Total top 5 gateways 3,544,815
Laredo, TX 1,441,653
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 731,291
El Paso, TX 705,199
Hidalgo, TX 390,282
Calexico East, CA 276,390
Truck 2003
Total U.S.-Mexican border 4,238,045
Total top 5 gateways 3,378,199
Laredo, TX 1,354,229
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 697,152
El Paso, TX 659,614
Hidalgo, TX 406,064
Calexico East, CA 261,140
Truck 2004
Total U.S.-Mexican border 4,503,688
Total top 5 gateways 3,604,137
Laredo, TX 1,391,850
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 726,164
El Paso, TX 719,545
Hidalgo, TX 454,351
Calexico East, CA 312,227
Truck 2005
Total U.S.-Mexican border 4,675,897
Total top 5 gateways 3,737,803
Laredo, TX 1,455,607
El Paso, TX 740,654
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 730,253
Hidalgo, TX 491,077
Calexico East, CA 320,212
Truck 2006
Total U.S.-Mexican border 4,758,915
Total top 5 gateways 3,778,528
Laredo, TX 1,518,989
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 749,472
El Paso, TX 744,951
Hidalgo, TX 457,825
Calexico East, CA 307,291
Truck 2007
Total U.S.-Mexican border 4,882,500
Total top 5 gateways 3,895,641
Laredo, TX 1,563,836
El Paso, TX 782,936
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 738,765
Hidalgo, TX 486,756
Calexico East, CA 323,348
Rail 2002
Total U.S.-Mexican border 602,322
Total top 5 gateways 591,255
Laredo, TX 296,782
Eagle Pass, TX 98,236
Brownsville, TX 96,591
Nogales, AZ 52,236
El Paso, TX 47,410
Rail 2003
Total U.S.-Mexican border 607,475
Total top 5 gateways 596,773
Laredo, TX 313,244
Brownsville, TX 98,622
Eagle Pass, TX 88,329
El Paso, TX 50,893
Nogales, AZ 45,685
Rail 2004
Total U.S.-Mexican border 675,305
Total top 5 gateways 660,214
Laredo, TX 317,061
El Paso, TX 110,992
Brownsville, TX 97,803
Eagle Pass, TX 87,459
Nogales, AZ 46,899
Rail 2005
Total U.S.-Mexican border 728,559
Total top 5 gateways 710,238
Laredo, TX 316,402
El Paso, TX 143,741
Brownsville, TX 105,175
Eagle Pass, TX 98,089
Nogales, AZ 46,831
Rail 2006
Total U.S.-Mexican border 803,291
Total top 5 gateways 788,472
Laredo, TX 332,950
Brownsville, TX 97,572
El Paso, TX 185,614
Eagle Pass, TX 112,521
Nogales, AZ 59,815
Rail 2007
Total U.S.-Mexican border 813,511
Total top 5 gateways 797,481
Laredo, TX 341,856
El Paso, TX 179,076
Eagle Pass, TX 134,041
Brownsville, TX 90,139
Nogales, AZ 52,369

NOTES

Truck: Data represent the number of truck crossings, not the number of unique vehicles. Data are for both loaded and empty trucks.

Rail: Data includes both loaded and empty rail containers.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/itt/ as of December 2008.