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Table 1-49: U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways: Number of Truck or Rail Container Crossings

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  2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008
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 U.S.-Mexican border 4,866,252
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 Total top 5 gateways 3,893,000
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 Laredo, TX 1,555,197
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 Otay Mesa/San Ysidro, CA 776,972
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 El Paso, TX 758,856
Hidalgo, TX 390,282 Hidalgo, TX 406,064 Hidalgo, TX 454,351 Hidalgo, TX 491,077 Hidalgo, TX 457,825 Hidalgo, TX 486,756 Hidalgo, TX 476,000
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 Calexico East, CA 325,975
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 U.S.-Mexican border U
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 Total top 5 gateways U
Laredo, TX 296,782 Laredo, TX 313,244 Laredo, TX 317,061 Laredo, TX 316,402 Laredo, TX 332,950 Laredo, TX 341,856 U U
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 U U
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 U U
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 U U
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 U U

KEY: U = data are unavailable.

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.

SOURCE:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data, available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/BorderCrossing.aspx as of June 8, 2009.
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