Table 1-49:  U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Rail Container Crossings,,,,,,,,,,,
,2002,,2003,,2004,,2005,,2006,,2007
Truck,,,,,,,,,,,
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 U.S.-Mexican border,"4,675,897",Total U.S.-Mexican border,"4,758,915",Total U.S.-Mexican border,"4,882,500"
Total top 5 gateways,"3,544,815",Total top 5 gateways,"3,378,199",Total top 5 gateways,"3,604,137",Total top 5 gateways,"3,737,803",Total top 5 gateways,"3,778,528",Total top 5 gateways,"3,895,641"
"Laredo, TX","1,441,653","Laredo, TX","1,354,229","Laredo, TX","1,391,850","Laredo, TX","1,455,607","Laredo, TX","1,518,989","Laredo, TX","1,563,836"
"Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","731,291","Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","697,152","Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","726,164","El Paso, TX","740,654","Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","749,472","El Paso, TX","782,936"
"El Paso, TX","705,199","El Paso, TX","659,614","El Paso, TX","719,545","Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","730,253","El Paso, TX","744,951","Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","738,765"
"Hidalgo, TX","390,282","Hidalgo, TX","406,064","Hidalgo, TX","454,351","Hidalgo, TX","491,077","Hidalgo, TX","457,825","Hidalgo, TX","486,756"
"Calexico East, CA","276,390","Calexico East, CA","261,140","Calexico East, CA","312,227","Calexico East, CA","320,212","Calexico East, CA","307,291","Calexico East, CA","323,348"
Rail,,,,,,,,,,,
Total U.S.-Mexican border,"602,322",Total U.S.-Mexican border,"607,475",Total U.S.-Mexican border,"675,305",Total U.S.-Mexican border,"728,559",Total U.S.-Mexican border,"803,291",Total U.S.-Mexican border,"813,511"
Total top 5 gateways,"591,255",Total top 5 gateways,"596,773",Total top 5 gateways,"660,214",Total top 5 gateways,"710,238",Total top 5 gateways,"788,472",Total top 5 gateways,"797,481"
"Laredo, TX","296,782","Laredo, TX","313,244","Laredo, TX","317,061","Laredo, TX","316,402","Laredo, TX","332,950","Laredo, TX","341,856"
"Eagle Pass, TX","98,236","Brownsville, TX","98,622","El Paso, TX","110,992","El Paso, TX","143,741","Brownsville, TX","97,572","El Paso, TX","179,076"
"Brownsville, TX","96,591","Eagle Pass, TX","88,329","Brownsville, TX","97,803","Brownsville, TX","105,175","El Paso, TX","185,614","Eagle Pass, TX","134,041"
"Nogales, AZ","52,236","El Paso, TX","50,893","Eagle Pass, TX","87,459","Eagle Pass, TX","98,089","Eagle Pass, TX","112,521","Brownsville, TX","90,139"
"El Paso, TX","47,410","Nogales, AZ","45,685","Nogales, AZ","46,899","Nogales, AZ","46,831","Nogales, AZ","59,815","Nogales, AZ","52,369"
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 empty rail containers. ,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCE,,,,,,,,,,,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at http://www.bts.gov/itt/ as of December 2008.",,,,,,,,,,,
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