Table 1-49:  U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Railcar Crossings,,,,,
Truck,2001,,,,
Total U.S.-Mexican border,"4,304,959",,,,
Total top 5 gateways,"3,398,053",,,,
"Laredo, TX","1,403,914",,,,
"Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","708,446",,,,
"El Paso, TX","660,583",,,,
"Hidalgo, TX","368,395",,,,
"Calexico East, CA","256,715",,,,
Truck,2002,,,,
Total U.S.-Mexican border,"4,426,593",,,,
Total top 5 gateways,"3,544,815",,,,
"Laredo, TX","1,441,653",,,,
"Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","731,291",,,,
"El Paso, TX","705,199",,,,
"Hidalgo, TX","390,282",,,,
"Calexico East, CA","276,390",,
Truck,2003,,
Total U.S.-Mexican border,"4,238,045",,
Total top 5 gateways,"3,378,199",,
"Laredo, TX","1,354,229",,
"Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA","697,152",,
"El Paso, TX","659,614",,
"Hidalgo, TX","406,064",,
"Calexico East, CA","261,140",,
Rail,2001,,
Total U.S.-Mexican border,"582,652",,
Total top 5 gateways,"572,034",,
"Laredo, TX","273,935",,
"Brownsville, TX","101,787",,
"Eagle Pass, TX","93,108",,
"Nogales, AZ","58,667",,
"El Paso, TX","44,537",,,,
Rail,2002,,,,
Total U.S.-Mexican border,"602,322",,,,
Total top 5 gateways,"591,255",,,,
"Laredo, TX","296,782",,,,
"Eagle Pass, TX","98,236",,,,
"Brownsville, TX","96,591",,,,
"Nogales, AZ","52,236",,,,
"El Paso, TX","47,410",,,,
Rail,2003,,,,
Total U.S.-Mexican border,"607,475",,,,
Total top 5 gateways,"596,773",,,,
"Laredo, TX","313,244",,,,
"Brownsville, TX","98,622",,,,
"Eagle Pass, TX","88,329",,,,
"El Paso, TX","50,893",,,,
"Nogales, AZ","45,685"
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. ,
SOURCE,
"U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, July 2004.  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: 2003). ",
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