BTS | Table 1-49: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings

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Table 1-49: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings

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Truck	2002
Total U.S.-Mexican border	4,426,593
Total top 5 gateways	3,544,815
Laredo, TX	1,441,653
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA	731,291
El Paso, TX	705,199
Hidalgo, TX	390,282
Calexico East, CA	276,390

Truck	2003
Total U.S.-Mexican border	4,238,045
Total top 5 gateways	3,378,199
Laredo, TX	1,354,229
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA	697,152
El Paso, TX	659,614
Hidalgo, TX	406,064
Calexico East, CA	261,140

Truck	2004
Total U.S.-Mexican border	4,503,688
Total top 5 gateways	3,604,137
Laredo, TX	1,391,850
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA	726,164
El Paso, TX	719,545
Hidalgo, TX	454,351
Calexico East, CA	312,227

Truck	2005
Total U.S.-Mexican border	4,675,897
Total top 5 gateways	3,737,803
Laredo, TX	1,455,607
El Paso, TX	740,654
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA	730,253
Hidalgo, TX	491,077
Calexico East, CA	320,212

Truck	2006
Total U.S.-Mexican border	4,758,915
Total top 5 gateways	3,778,528
Laredo, TX	1,518,989
Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA	749,472
El Paso, TX	744,951
Hidalgo, TX	457,825
Calexico East, CA	307,291

Rail	2002
Total U.S.-Mexican border	602,322
Total top 5 gateways	591,255
Laredo, TX	296,782
Eagle Pass, TX	98,236
Brownsville, TX	96,591
Nogales, AZ	52,236
El Paso, TX	47,410

Rail	2003
Total U.S.-Mexican border	607,475
Total top 5 gateways	596,773
Laredo, TX	313,244
Brownsville, TX	98,622
Eagle Pass, TX	88,329
El Paso, TX	50,893
Nogales, AZ	45,685

Rail	2004
Total U.S.-Mexican border	675,305
Total top 5 gateways	660,214
Laredo, TX	317,061
El Paso, TX	110,992
Brownsville, TX	97,803
Eagle Pass, TX	87,459
Nogales, AZ	46,899

Rail	2005
Total U.S.-Mexican border	728,559
Total top 5 gateways	710,238
Laredo, TX	316,402
El Paso, TX	143,741
Brownsville, TX	105,175
Eagle Pass, TX	98,089
Nogales, AZ	46,831

Rail	2006
Total U.S.-Mexican border	803,291
Total top 5 gateways	788,472
Laredo, TX	332,950
Brownsville, TX	97,572
El Paso, TX	185,614
Eagle Pass, TX	112,521
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).