Table 1-49: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings,,,,,,,,, Truck,2002,,2003,,2004,,2005,,2006 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 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" "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" "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","705,199","El Paso, TX","659,614","El Paso, TX","719,545","Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","730,253","El Paso, TX","744,951" "Hidalgo, TX","390,282","Hidalgo, TX","406,064","Hidalgo, TX","454,351","Hidalgo, TX","491,077","Hidalgo, TX","457,825" "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" 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 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" "Laredo, TX","296,782","Laredo, TX","313,244","Laredo, TX","317,061","Laredo, TX","316,402","Laredo, TX","332,950" "Eagle Pass, TX","98,236","Brownsville, TX","98,622","El Paso, TX","110,992","El Paso, TX","143,741","Brownsville, TX","97,572" "Brownsville, TX","96,591","Eagle Pass, TX","88,329","Brownsville, TX","97,803","Brownsville, TX","105,175","El Paso, TX","185,614" "Nogales, AZ","52,236","El Paso, TX","50,893","Eagle Pass, TX","87,459","Eagle Pass, TX","98,089","Eagle Pass, TX","112,521" "El Paso, TX","47,410","Nogales, AZ","45,685","Nogales, AZ","46,899","Nogales, AZ","46,831","Nogales, AZ","59,815" ,,,,,,,,, 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 unloaded railcars. ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, SOURCE,,,,,,,,, "U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, October 2007. Based on the following primary data source: U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management Database, special tabulation (Washington, DC: 2007).",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,