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
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck | |||||||||||||
| Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,426,593 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,238,045 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,503,688 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,675,897 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,758,915 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,882,500 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 4,866,252 |
| Total top 5 gateways | 3,544,815 | Total top 5 gateways | 3,378,199 | Total top 5 gateways | 3,604,137 | Total top 5 gateways | 3,737,803 | Total top 5 gateways | 3,778,528 | Total top 5 gateways | 3,895,641 | Total top 5 gateways | 3,893,000 |
| Laredo, TX | 1,441,653 | Laredo, TX | 1,354,229 | Laredo, TX | 1,391,850 | Laredo, TX | 1,455,607 | Laredo, TX | 1,518,989 | Laredo, TX | 1,563,836 | Laredo, TX | 1,555,197 |
| Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 731,291 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 697,152 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 726,164 | El Paso, TX | 740,654 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 749,472 | El Paso, TX | 782,936 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 776,972 |
| El Paso, TX | 705,199 | El Paso, TX | 659,614 | El Paso, TX | 719,545 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 730,253 | El Paso, TX | 744,951 | Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA | 738,765 | El Paso, TX | 758,856 |
| Hidalgo, TX | 390,282 | Hidalgo, TX | 406,064 | Hidalgo, TX | 454,351 | Hidalgo, TX | 491,077 | Hidalgo, TX | 457,825 | Hidalgo, TX | 486,756 | Hidalgo, TX | 476,000 |
| Calexico East, CA | 276,390 | Calexico East, CA | 261,140 | Calexico East, CA | 312,227 | Calexico East, CA | 320,212 | Calexico East, CA | 307,291 | Calexico East, CA | 323,348 | Calexico East, CA | 325,975 |
| Rail | |||||||||||||
| Total U.S.-Mexican border | 602,322 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 607,475 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 675,305 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 728,559 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 803,291 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | 813,511 | Total U.S.-Mexican border | U |
| Total top 5 gateways | 591,255 | Total top 5 gateways | 596,773 | Total top 5 gateways | 660,214 | Total top 5 gateways | 710,238 | Total top 5 gateways | 788,472 | Total top 5 gateways | 797,481 | Total top 5 gateways | U |
| Laredo, TX | 296,782 | Laredo, TX | 313,244 | Laredo, TX | 317,061 | Laredo, TX | 316,402 | Laredo, TX | 332,950 | Laredo, TX | 341,856 | U | U |
| Eagle Pass, TX | 98,236 | Brownsville, TX | 98,622 | El Paso, TX | 110,992 | El Paso, TX | 143,741 | Brownsville, TX | 97,572 | El Paso, TX | 179,076 | U | U |
| Brownsville, TX | 96,591 | Eagle Pass, TX | 88,329 | Brownsville, TX | 97,803 | Brownsville, TX | 105,175 | El Paso, TX | 185,614 | Eagle Pass, TX | 134,041 | U | U |
| Nogales, AZ | 52,236 | El Paso, TX | 50,893 | Eagle Pass, TX | 87,459 | Eagle Pass, TX | 98,089 | Eagle Pass, TX | 112,521 | Brownsville, TX | 90,139 | U | U |
| El Paso, TX | 47,410 | Nogales, AZ | 45,685 | Nogales, AZ | 46,899 | Nogales, AZ | 46,831 | Nogales, AZ | 59,815 | Nogales, AZ | 52,369 | U | U |
KEY: U = data are unavailable.
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.transtats.bts.gov/BorderCrossing.aspx as of June 8, 2009.