Table 1-47: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States

Friday, October 21, 2016

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2002
All personal vehicle passengers	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	62,136,536
All personal vehicles	30,245,165
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	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	30,038,524
All bus passengers	3,499,103
All pedestrians	533,739
All train passengers	244,683
All buses	129,452

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2007
All personal vehicle passengers	58,409,016
All personal vehicles	29,775,714
All bus passengers	3,684,631
All pedestrians	441,066
All train passengers	233,070
All buses	136,430

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2008
All personal vehicle passengers	57,423,879
All personal vehicles	28,686,786
All bus passengers	3,404,305
All pedestrians	499,666
All train passengers	238,593
All buses	127,233

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	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 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

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	306,006
Sault Ste. Marie, MI	208,288

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
Detroit, MI	16,202
International Falls, MN	15,113

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

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

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2009
All personal vehicle passengers	53,528,341
All personal vehicles	26,706,830
All bus passengers	2,503,417
All pedestrians	379,902
All train passengers	217,833
All buses	116,355

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2010
All personal vehicle passengers	56,788,870
All personal vehicles	28,884,267
All bus passengers	2,451,226
All pedestrians	395,103
All train passengers	254,536
All buses	116,064

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2011
All personal vehicle passengers	59,191,696
All personal vehicles	31,595,769
All bus passengers	2,452,429
All pedestrians	406,685
All train passengers	276,730
All buses	113,932

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2012
All personal vehicle passengers	62,008,178
All personal vehicles	33,083,636
All bus passengers	2,435,608
All pedestrians	426,981
All train passengers	269,048
All buses	108,021

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2013
All personal vehicle passengers	62,347,059
All personal vehicles	(R) 33,833,388
All bus passengers	2,375,944
All pedestrians	417,094
All train passengers	279,477
All buses	106,152

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2014
All personal vehicle passengers	(R) 59,681,417
All personal vehicles	31,979,736
All bus passengers	2,243,782
All pedestrians	423,605
All train passengers	(R) 283,213
All buses	(R) 103,748

All U.S.-Canadian land gateways	2015
All personal vehicle passengers	52,122,219
All personal vehicles	28,544,860
All bus passengers	2,048,943
All pedestrians	428,147
All train passengers	286,090
All buses	96,160

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 vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways	2010
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	11,917,742
Detroit, MI	7,217,693
Blaine, WA	6,996,337
Port Huron, MI	3,442,631
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	2,238,864

Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways	2011
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	12,687,201
Blaine, WA	8,312,888
Detroit, MI	7,202,633
Port Huron, MI	3,768,493
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	2,402,487

Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways	2012
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	13,062,312
Blaine, WA	9,121,154
Detroit, MI	7,326,327
Port Huron, MI	3,946,252
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	2,581,591

Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways	2013
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	12,553,685
Blaine, WA	9,736,188
Detroit, MI	7,315,039
Port Huron, MI	4,018,331
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	2,635,060

Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways	2014
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	11,617,483
Blaine, WA	9,711,226
Detroit, MI	7,049,603
Port Huron, MI	3,864,165
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	2,561,398

Personal vehicle passengers – top 5 gateways	2015
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	10,488,584
Blaine, WA	8,153,216
Detroit, MI	6,916,029
Port Huron, MI	3,209,591
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	2,316,270

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

Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways	2010
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	5,477,863
Detroit, MI	4,051,434
Blaine, WA	3,365,754
Port Huron, MI	1,651,107
Calais, ME	1,054,681

Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways	2011
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	5,912,282
Blaine, WA	4,288,924
Detroit, MI	4,174,337
Port Huron, MI	1,842,632
Point Roberts, WA	1,093,910

Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways	2012
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	6,072,382
Blaine, WA	4,730,705
Detroit, MI	4,165,732
Port Huron, MI	1,981,177
Point Roberts, WA	1,169,632

Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways	2013
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	5,847,483
Blaine, WA	4,977,947
Detroit, MI	4,129,032
Port Huron, MI	2,037,430
Lynden, WA	(R) 1,365,458

Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways	2014
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	5,446,904
Blaine, WA	4,873,847
Detroit, MI	4,027,427
Port Huron, MI	1,975,750
Point Roberts, WA	1,190,183

Personal vehicles – top 5 gateways	2015
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	4,902,293
Blaine, WA	4,234,824
Detroit, MI	4,046,472
Port Huron, MI	1,618,685
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	1,030,395

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

Bus passengers – top 5 gateways	2010
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	744,789
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	368,763
Blaine, WA	332,445
Detroit, MI	268,622
Skagway, AK	144,994

Bus passengers – top 5 gateways	2011
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	729,403
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	395,680
Blaine, WA	328,179
Detroit, MI	254,712
Skagway, AK	143,706

Bus passengers – top 5 gateways	2012
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	687,530
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	410,941
Blaine, WA	324,371
Detroit, MI	265,757
Skagway, AK	155,359

Bus passengers – top 5 gateways	2013
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	626,145
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	387,263
Detroit, MI	330,329
Blaine, WA	314,526
Skagway, AK	151,927

Bus passengers – top 5 gateways	2014
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	590,406
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	332,621
Detroit, MI	305,850
Blaine, WA	260,497
Skagway, AK	184,949

Bus passengers – top 5 gateways	2015
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	521,945
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	309,236
Blaine, WA	308,218
Detroit, MI	229,636
Skagway, AK	161,821

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

Pedestrians – top 5 gateways	2010
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	258,868
Sumas, WA	28,172
International Falls, MN	21,697
Detroit, MI	17,302
Point Roberts, WA	14,265

Pedestrians – top 5 gateways	2011
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	282,815
Sumas, WA	26,527
Detroit, MI	20,913
International Falls, MN	18,582
Point Roberts, WA	16,717

Pedestrians – top 5 gateways	2012
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	290,987
Sumas, WA	36,565
Detroit, MI	20,613
Point Roberts, WA	16,214
International Falls, MN	16,202

Pedestrians – top 5 gateways	2013
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	280,260
Sumas, WA	46,761
Point Roberts, WA	22,360
Calais, ME	21,180
International Falls, MN	14,486

Pedestrians – top 5 gateways	2014
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	274,680
Sumas, WA	59,350
Point Roberts, WA	20,143
Calais, ME	18,733
International Falls, MN	15,680

Pedestrians – top 5 gateways	2015
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	305,675
Sumas, WA	46,407
Point Roberts, WA	21,311
International Falls, MN	13,662
Calais, ME	12,367

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

Train passengers – top 5 gateways	2010
Skagway, AK	71,970
Blaine, WA	60,680
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	41,625
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	31,432
Port Huron, MI	8,226

Train passengers – top 5 gateways	2011
Blaine, WA	75,482
Skagway, AK	73,307
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	47,855
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	30,702
Detroit, MI	8,550

Train passengers – top 5 gateways	2012
Skagway, AK	74,844
Blaine, WA	64,175
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	49,498
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	27,009
Detroit, MI	9,122

Train passengers – top 5 gateways	2013
Skagway, AK	81,526
Blaine, WA	72,915
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	50,146
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	22,987
Detroit, MI	9,303

Train passengers – top 5 gateways	2014
Skagway, AK	81,393
Blaine, WA	75,527
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	49,754
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	22,441
Port Huron, MI	10,001

Train passengers – top 5 gateways	2015
Skagway, AK	84,849
Blaine, WA	77,015
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	45,672
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	20,792
Port Huron, MI	9,051

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

Buses – top 5 gateways	2010
Detroit, MI	28,868
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	26,217
Blaine, WA	15,768
Skagway, AK	10,303
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	8,980

Buses – top 5 gateways	2011
Detroit, MI	27,708
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	25,731
Blaine, WA	15,502
Skagway, AK	10,540
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	9,544

Buses – top 5 gateways	2012
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	23,959
Detroit, MI	22,865
Blaine, WA	15,988
Skagway, AK	11,715
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	9,935

Buses – top 5 gateways	2013
Detroit, MI	23,295
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	22,222
Blaine, WA	15,078
Skagway, AK	12,063
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	10,224

Buses – top 5 gateways	2014
Detroit, MI	21,247
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	20,298
Blaine, WA	15,284
Skagway, AK	12,769
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	9,838

Buses – top 5 gateways	2015
Detroit, MI	19,877
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	18,468
Blaine, WA	15,215
Skagway, AK	11,148
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY	9,513

KEY: R = revised.

^aGateway 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, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/ as of July 15, 2016.

USA Banner

Site Notification

Site Notification

Table 1-47: U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: Entering the United States