Table 4-8:  Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2004 and 2005,,,,,,
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Port,Rank in 2005,2004,,2005,,
,,Passengers (thousands),Cruises,Passengers (thousands),Cruises,
"Miami, FL",1,"1,683",641,"1,771",656,
"Port Canaveral, FL",2,"1,230",466,"1,234",343,
"Fort Lauderdale, FL",3,"1,237",637,"1,199",618,
"Los Angeles, CA",4,434,193,615,176,
"San Juan, PR",5,677,322,581,264,
"Galveston, TX",6,433,208,531,222,
"Tampa, FL",7,399,198,408,192,
"New York, NY",8,(R) 548,(R) 253,370,171,
"Long Beach, CA",9,401,166,363,204,
"Seattle, WA",10,291,135,337,151,
"New Orleans, LA",11,396,178,308,121,
"Honolulu, HI",12,(R) 170,90,236,121,
"San Diego, CA",13,173,104,234,133,
"Cape Liberty, NJ",14,U,U,147,59,
"Jacksonville, FL",15,114,65,137,83,
All other ports,,(R) 571,(R) 409,728,479,
"Top 15, total1",,"(R) 8,291","(R) 3,713","8,470","3,514",
Total,,"(R) 8,861","(R) 4,122","9,198","3,993",
Top 15 as percent of total1,,(R) 93.6,(R) 90.1,92.1,88.0,
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1Data for 2004 are based on the top 15 cruise ship ports in that year.,,,,,,
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KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.,,,,,,
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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 in 2005.,,,,,,
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"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Cruise Passenger Statistics, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/index.html as of Sept. 12, 2006.",,,,,,