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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Border Crossing Data provide summary statistics for inbound crossings at the U.S.-Canada and the U.S.-Mexico border at the port level.  Data are available for trucks, trains, containers, buses, personal vehicles, passengers, and pedestrians.  Border crossing data are collected at ports of entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).  The data reflect the number of vehicles, containers, passengers, or pedestrians entering the United States.  CBP does not collect comparable data on outbound crossings.  Users seeking data on outbound counts may therefore want to review data from individual bridge operators, border state governments, or the Mexican and Canadian governments. The source for data in this release is the Border Crossing data website: https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/jswi-2e7b
 
In 2023, the total number of trucks entering the U.S. from Canada increased 0.6 from 2022. The port of Detroit, Michigan had 1,562,531 incoming trucks, and handled 28.3% of the total volume along the Northern border.
 

Table 1: Incoming Trucks from Canada: 2022-2023

The bridges at Buffalo, New York accommodated 3,957,668 incoming personal vehicles from Canada in 2023, a 50.7% increase from 2022.

Table 2: Incoming Personal Vehicles from Canada: 2022-2023

The number of pedestrians entering the U.S. from Canada increased 17.1% in 2023 from 2022. While Buffalo Niagara Falls handled 57.9% of the total volume, the number of crossings decreased 7.1% year-over-year.

Table 3: Incoming Pedestrians from Canada: 2022-2023

The port of Laredo, Texas handled nearly 3 million incoming trucks from Mexico in 2023, a 4.9% increase from 2022.  Laredo also manages nearly 40% of the truck volume on the Southern border.

Table 4: Incoming Trucks from Mexico: 2022-2023

The border crossing at San Ysidro, California accommodated 15,845,661 cars entering the U.S. from Mexico in 2023, a 3.2 percent increase from 2022.

Table 5: Incoming Personal Vehicles from Mexico: 2022-2023

San Ysidro also accommodated 17.4 percent of incoming pedestrian crossings from Mexico in 2023, a 2.5 percent increase from 2022. Crossings at Brownsville, Texas increased 54.9 year over year.

Table 6: Incoming Pedestrians from Mexico: 2022-2023