Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2008 and 2009
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Table 4-8: Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2008 and 2009
| Port | 2008 | 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | Rank | Passengers (thousands) | Cruises | |
| Miami, FL | 1 | 2,099 | 755 | 1 | 2,032 | 742 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 3 | 1,188 | 526 | 2 | 1,277 | 537 |
| Port Canaveral, FL | 2 | 1,226 | 448 | 3 | 1,189 | 433 |
| San Juan, PR | 5 | 521 | 220 | 4 | 507 | 219 |
| Seattle, WA | 7 | 435 | 190 | 5 | 430 | 199 |
| Long Beach, CA | 11 | 365 | 151 | 6 | 415 | 158 |
| San Diego, CA | 8 | 416 | 206 | 7 | 413 | 196 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 4 | 607 | 253 | 8 | 412 | 157 |
| New York, NY | 6 | 477 | 188 | 9 | 403 | 150 |
| Tampa, FL | 10 | 393 | 177 | 10 | 401 | 181 |
| Galveston, TX | 9 | 403 | 142 | 11 | 386 | 134 |
| New Orleans, LA | 12 | 185 | 79 | 12 | 243 | 101 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 17 | 87 | 45 | 13 | 188 | 79 |
| Baltimore, MD | 22 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 166 | 77 |
| Cape Liberty, NJ | 14 | 163 | 49 | 15 | 156 | 48 |
| All other ports1 | (R)581 | (R)340 | 655 | 367 | ||
| Top 15 ports, total1 | 8,788 | 3,546 | 8,618 | 3,411 | ||
| Total U.S. ports | (R)9,370 | (R)3,886 | 9,273 | 3,778 | ||
| Top 15 as percent of total1 | (R)93.8 | (R)91.3 | 92.9 | 90.3 | ||
KEY: R = revised.
1Data for 2008 are based on the top 15 cruise ship ports in that year.
NOTES: Cruise passenger statistics for this table are based on the passenger data provided by seventeen major cruise lines that offered North American cruises with a U.S. port of call.
Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Cruise Statistics, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/library_landing_page/data_and_statistics/Data_and_Statistics.htm as of Apr. 15, 2010.