Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 12
U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 1999

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Land gateway Entering the U.S.
All U.S.-Mexican gateways  
All personal vehicles 83,638,656
All personal vehicle passengers 242,613,249
All buses 295,429
All bus passengers 3,495,414
All train passengers 16,535
All pedestrians 48,186,155
Personal vehicles-top 5 gateways  
El Paso, TX 16,001,926
San Ysidro, CA 15,269,561
Hildago, TX 8,319,581
Brownsville, TX 7,579,231
Laredo, TX 6,894,982
Personal vehicle passengers-top 5 gateways  
El Paso, TX 46,397,134
SanYsidro, CA 33,593,034
Hildago, TX 29,118,835
Calexico, CA 20,372,381
Brownsville, TX 18,948,078
Buses-top 5 gateways  
San Ysidro, CA 108,025
Hildago, TX 61,550
Otay Mesa, CA 46,142
Laredo, TX 31,371
Brownsville, TX 12,702
Bus passengers-top 5 gateways  
Hildago, TX 1,384,270
San Ysidro, CA 854,098
Laredo, TX 379,425
Otay Mesa, CA 312,342
Brownsville, TX 145,298
Train passengers-top 5 gateways  
Tecate, CA 7,392
Eagle Pass, TX 5,756
Calexico East, CA 1,743
Nogales, AZ 900
San Ysidro, CA 384
Pedestrians-top 5 gateways  
Calexico, CA 8,099,253
San Ysidro, CA 7,558,174
Laredo, TX 6,764,293
El Paso, TX 5,666,477
Nogales, AZ 4,806,076

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, 2000, based on U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, Office of Field Operations, Operations Management database, 1999.



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