Table 1-49:  U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings,,,,,,,
Truck,          2002,,,          2003,,,          2004
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 top 5 gateways,"3,544,815",,Total top 5 gateways,"3,378,199",,Total top 5 gateways,"3,604,137"
"Laredo, TX","1,441,653",,"Laredo, TX","1,354,229",,"Laredo, TX","1,391,850"
"Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","731,291",,"Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","697,152",,"Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","726,164"
"El Paso, TX","705,199",,"El Paso, TX","659,614",,"El Paso, TX","719,545"
"Hidalgo, TX","390,282",,"Hidalgo, TX","406,064",,"Hidalgo, TX","454,351"
"Calexico East, CA","276,390",,"Calexico East, CA","261,140",,"Calexico East, CA","312,227"
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Total U.S.-Mexican border,"602,322",,Total U.S.-Mexican border,"607,475",,Total U.S.-Mexican border,"675,305"
Total top 5 gateways,"591,255",,Total top 5 gateways,"596,773",,Total top 5 gateways,"660,214"
"Laredo, TX","296,782",,"Laredo, TX","313,244",,"Laredo, TX","317,061"
"Eagle Pass, TX","98,236",,"Brownsville, TX","98,622",,"El Paso, TX","110,992"
"Brownsville, TX","96,591",,"Eagle Pass, TX","88,329",,"Brownsville, TX","97,803"
"Nogales, AZ","52,236",,"El Paso, TX","50,893",,"Eagle Pass, TX","87,459"
"El Paso, TX","47,410",,"Nogales, AZ","45,685",,"Nogales, AZ","46,899"
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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. ,,,,,,,
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SOURCE,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, June 2005.  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: 2005). ",,,,,,,
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