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Table 9-2b
Top Land Passenger Ports, Mexican-U.S. Border: 1996
(Thousands of vehicles or passengers/pedestrians)
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Personal vehicles |
|
|
|
Mexico-U.S. border, total |
75,589 |
N |
N |
San Ysidro/Otay Mesa, CA/Tijuana, B.C.
| 17,160 |
N |
N |
El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
| 15,096 |
5,092 |
U |
Laredo, TX/Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
| 6,793 |
7,675 |
14,468 |
Calexico, CA/Mexicali, B.C.
| 6,139 |
N |
N |
Brownsville, TX/Matamoros, Tamps.
| 6,074 |
5,830 |
11,904 |
Passengers in personal vehicles |
|
|
|
Mexico-U.S. border, total |
203,999 |
N |
N |
San Ysidro/Otay Mesa, CA/Tijuana, B.C.
| 42,864 |
N |
N |
El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
| 41,483 |
N |
N |
Hildago, TX/Río Bravo, Tamps.
| 19,221 |
N |
N |
Calexico, CA/Mexicali, B.C.
| 18,296 |
N |
N |
Laredo, TX/Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
| 16,932 |
N |
N |
Busesa |
|
|
|
Mexico-U.S. border, total |
208,468 |
N |
N |
San Ysidro/Otay Mesa, CA/Tijuana, B.C.
| 112,276 |
N |
N |
Hildago, TX/Río Bravo, Tamps.
| 36,900 |
N |
N |
Laredo, TX/Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
| 25,498 |
N |
N |
Del Rio, TX/Villa Acuña, Coah.
| 7,062 |
N |
N |
Brownsville, TX/Matamoros, Tamps.
| 5,570 |
N |
N |
Passengers on busesa |
|
|
|
Mexico-U.S. border, total |
2,755 |
N |
N |
San Ysidro/Otay Mesa, CA/Tijuana, B.C.
| 1,095 |
N |
N |
Hildago, TX/Río Bravo, Tamps.
| 738 |
N |
N |
Laredo, TX/Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
| 531 |
N |
N |
Brownsville, TX/Matamoros, Tamps.
| 111 |
N |
N |
El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
| 106 |
N |
N |
Pedestrians |
|
|
|
Mexico-U.S. border, total |
42,541 |
N |
N |
San Ysidro/Otay Mesa, CA/Tijuana, B.C.
| 9,393 |
N |
N |
Calexico, CA/Mexicali, B.C.
| 7,374 |
N |
N |
Nogales, AZ/Nogales, Son.
| 4,417 |
N |
N |
El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
| 4,405 |
4,615 |
9,021 |
Brownsville, TX/Matamoros, Tamps.
| 3,801 |
3,157 |
6,958 |
aIncludes charter, intercity and school buses.
KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTE: Personal vehicles and pedestrians, El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juárez, Chih. Northbound data are based on all El Paso entry crossings. Southbound data are based on a subset of these crossings.
SOURCES
Northbound
U.S. Department of Treasury. U.S. Customs Service. Office of Field Operations. Operations Management Database. Special tabulation. (Washington, DC: 1998).
Southbound
Data compiled by Texas A&M International University, Texas
Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development based on original data
from bridge operators. Web site: www.tamiu.edu/coba/txcntr/
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