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Table 1-44: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 1-44: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States

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All U.S.-Canadian land gateways 2002
All personal vehicle passengers (R) 68,986,616
All personal vehicles 32,538,817
All bus passengers 4,212,863
All pedestrians 1,081,682
All train passengers 255,134
All buses 160,961
 All U.S.-Canadian land gateways 2003
All personal vehicle passengers (R) 62,136,536
All personal vehicles 30,220,184
All bus passengers 3,779,970
All pedestrians 937,493
All train passengers 234,796
All buses 156,589
All U.S.-Canadian land gateways 2004
All personal vehicle passengers (R) 63,269,668
All personal vehicles 30,660,487
All bus passengers 3,890,380
All pedestrians 826,017
All train passengers 223,477
All buses 155,702
 All U.S.-Canadian land gateways 2005
All personal vehicle passengers 62,501,376
All personal vehicles 30,351,683
All bus passengers 3,854,858
All pedestrians 605,339
All train passengers 235,758
All buses 153,454
All U.S.-Canadian land gateways  2006
All personal vehicle passengers 62,986,037
All personal vehicles (R) 30,038,524
All bus passengers 3,499,103
All pedestrians 533,739
All train passengers 244,683
All buses (R) 129,452
 All U.S.-Canadian land gateways 2007
All personal vehicle passengers 58,247,817
All personal vehicles (R) 29,766,447
All bus passengers 3,684,631
All pedestrians 441,066
All train passengers 233,070
All buses (R) 136,430
All U.S.-Canadian land gateways  2008
All personal vehicle passengers 57,401,224
All personal vehicles 28,677,703
All bus passengers (R) 3,404,305
All pedestrians 499,666
All train passengers 238,593
All buses 127,233
All U.S.-Canadian land gateways  2009
All personal vehicle passengers 53,508,568
All personal vehicles 26,919,239
All bus passengers 2,503,417
All pedestrians 379,902
All train passengers 217,833
All buses 116,355
Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways 2002
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 17,031,458
Detroit, MI 12,318,806
Blaine, WA 4,794,088
Port Huron, MI 4,188,972
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 3,766,141
 Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways 2003
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 13,216,214
Detroit, MI 10,965,872
Blaine, WA 4,491,959
Port Huron, MI 3,821,908
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 3,521,091
Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways 2004
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 13,195,191
Detroit, MI 10,574,206
Blaine, WA 4,936,364
Port Huron, MI 3,909,238
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY (R) 3,538,682
Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways  2005
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 13,224,477
Detroit, MI 10,655,076
Blaine, WA 4,868,308
Port Huron, MI 4,001,589
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 2,921,118
Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways  2006
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 13,514,778
Detroit, MI 9,932,051
Blaine, WA 5,276,202
Port Huron, MI 4,106,919
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 2,920,749
 Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways 2007
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 14,372,038
Detroit, MI 9,560,365
Blaine, WA 5,187,218
Port Huron, MI 3,523,429
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 1,923,295
 Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways 2008
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 13,102,189
Detroit, MI 8,386,427
Blaine, WA 5,754,718
Port Huron, MI 3,500,157
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 1,946,442
 Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways 2009
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 11,817,527
Detroit, MI 7,270,765
Blaine, WA 5,966,409
Port Huron, MI 3,319,652
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 2,198,127
Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways 2002
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 7,569,643
Detroit, MI 6,857,332
Blaine, WA 2,385,389
Port Huron, MI 2,187,210
Massena, NY 1,162,510
 Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways 2003
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 6,414,415
Detroit, MI 6,315,590
Blaine, WA 2,299,636
Port Huron, MI 1,965,011
Massena, NY 1,133,727
Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways 2004
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 6,148,983
Detroit, MI 6,131,426
Blaine, WA 2,524,256
Port Huron, MI 1,995,988
Calais, ME 1,200,379
 Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways 2005
Detroit, MI 6,035,004
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 6,034,398
Blaine, WA 2,482,065
Port Huron, MI 1,953,413
Calais, ME 1,174,011
Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways  2006
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 6,026,058
Detroit, MI 5,634,179
Blaine, WA 2,596,970
Port Huron, MI 1,975,745
Calais, ME 1,173,617
Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways  2007
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 5,977,040
Detroit, MI 5,471,657
Blaine, WA 2,763,389
Port Huron, MI 1,704,479
Calais, ME 1,032,840
 Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways 2008
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 5,716,260
Detroit, MI 4,744,182
Blaine, WA 2,748,629
Port Huron, MI 1,667,254
Massena, NY 1,002,960
 Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways 2009
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 5,291,623
Detroit, MI 4,082,030
Blaine, WA 2,842,631
Port Huron, MI 1,570,273
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 1,040,154
Bus passengers – top 5 gateways 2002
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,556,924
Detroit, MI 915,551
Blaine, WA 336,696
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 282,859
Port Huron, MI 147,309
Bus passengers – top 5 gateways  2003
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,321,778
Detroit, MI 904,425
Blaine, WA 283,863
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 234,620
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 192,760
Bus passengers – top 5 gateways 2004
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,222,775
Detroit, MI 930,725
Blaine, WA 329,297
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 277,018
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 223,800
 Bus passengers – top 5 gateways 2005
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,367,283
Detroit, MI 931,100
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 296,390
Blaine, WA 294,564
Skagway, AK 134,204
 Bus passengers – top 5 gateways 2006
Detroit, MI 911,799
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, NY 885,061
Blaine, WA 452,521
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 294,028
Skagway, AK 144,819
Bus passengers – top 5 gateways  2007
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,142,765
Detroit, MI 870,982
Blaine, WA 337,322
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 306,898
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 165,136
Bus passengers – top 5 gateways  2008
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,040,700
Detroit, MI 720,014
Blaine, WA 335,951
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY (R) 306,006
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 208,288
Bus passengers – top 5 gateways  2009
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 883,448
Blaine, WA 323,333
Detroit, MI 297,787
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 282,949
Skagway, AK 161,255
Pedestrians – top 5 gateways 2002
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 818,913
Sumas, WA 64,432
Portland, MEa 39,293
Calais, ME 35,154
International Falls, MN 24,175
 Pedestrians – top 5 gateways 2003
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 656,022
Sumas, WA 59,330
Calais, ME 45,899
Portland, MEa 38,129
International Falls, MN 27,623
Pedestrians – top 5 gateways 2004
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 547,126
Sumas, WA 54,911
Calais, ME 44,762
International Falls, MN 28,180
Portland, MEa 21,599
Pedestrians – top 5 gateways  2005
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 370,295
Calais, ME 44,238
Sumas, WA 33,769
International Falls, MN 24,497
Point Roberts, WA 22,440
 Pedestrians – top 5 gateways 2006
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 345,652
Sumas, WA 28,963
Calais, ME 22,323
International Falls, MN 20,440
Point Roberts, WA 14,935
 Pedestrians – top 5 gateways 2007
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 277,000
Sumas, WA 33,341
Calais, ME 29,123
Point Roberts, WA 14,762
International Falls, MN 14,238
Pedestrians – top 5 gateways  2008
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 333,565
Sumas, WA 37,699
Calais, ME 27,420
International Falls, MN 15,113
Anacortes, WA 15,091
Pedestrians – top 5 gateways  2009
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 244,697
Sumas, WA 27,022
Calais, ME 16,665
Detroit, MI 16,529
International Falls, MN 15,247
Train passengers – top 5 gateways 2002
Blaine, WA 60,521
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 47,315
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 33,738
Skagway, AK 29,754
Port Huron, MI 26,815
Train passengers – top 5 gateways  2003
Skagway, AK 44,430
Blaine, WA 43,515
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 37,240
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 28,325
Port Huron, MI 25,485
Train passengers – top 5 gateways 2004
Skagway, AK 52,353
Blaine, WA 41,705
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 31,045
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 30,294
Port Huron, MI 18,297
Train passengers – top 5 gateways  2005
Skagway, AK 67,462
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 35,951
Blaine, WA 35,454
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 29,831
Port Huron, MI 19,032
 Train passengers – top 5 gateways 2006
Skagway, AK 74,347
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 37,880
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 33,518
Blaine, WA 32,184
Port Huron, MI 16,070
Train passengers – top 5 gateways  2007
Skagway, AK 80,816
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 39,640
Blaine, WA 32,106
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 20,881
Detroit, MI 9,323
Train passengers – top 5 gateways  2008
Skagway, AK 77,137
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 37,449
Blaine, WA 34,749
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 32,274
Detroit, MI 9,385
Train passengers – top 5 gateways  2009
Skagway, AK 64,751
Blaine, WA 44,718
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 36,356
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 28,477
International Falls, MN 6,572
Buses – top 5 gateways 2002
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 50,582
Detroit, MI 36,603
Blaine, WA 15,748
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 10,415
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 8,831
Buses – top 5 gateways  2003
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 43,358
Detroit, MI 36,177
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 15,760
Blaine, WA 12,865
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 11,290
Buses – top 5 gateways 2004
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 39,920
Detroit, MI 37,229
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 17,453
Blaine, WA 14,279
Skagway, AK 9,515
Buses – top 5 gateways  2005
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 45,289
Detroit, MI 37,244
Blaine, WA 12,720
Skagway, AK 10,257
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 10,243
 Buses – top 5 gateways 2006
Detroit, MI 36,457
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 30,295
Blaine, WA 12,776
Skagway, AK 10,405
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 8,317
Buses – top 5 gateways  2007
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 37,529
Detroit, MI 33,615
Blaine, WA 14,405
Skagway, AK 11,309
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 8,124
Buses – top 5 gateways  2008
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 34,067
Detroit, MI 31,160
Blaine, WA 14,145
Skagway, AK 11,337
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 8,418
 Buses – top 5 gateways 2009
Detroit, MI 29,777
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 28,534
Blaine, WA 15,159
Skagway, AK 10,571
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 8,565

KEY: R = revised.

a Gateway is a pedestrian/ferry combination crossing.

NOTE

Data reflect all personal vehicles, buses, passengers and pedestrians entering the United States across the U.S.-Canadian border, regardless of nationality.

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/programs/international/ as of July 12, 2010.