NOTE: The most recent data are from January - July 2016.
Overview
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Border
Crossing/Entry Data provides summary statistics for incoming crossings
at the U.S.-Canadian and the U.S.-Mexican border at the port level. Data
are available for trucks, trains, containers, buses, personal vehicles,
passengers, and pedestrians. Border crossing data are collected at
border ports by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The data reflect the number of vehicles, containers, passengers or pedestrians
entering the United States. Customs and Border Protection does not
collect comparable data on outbound crossings. Users seeking data on
outbound vehicles may therefore want to review data from individual
bridge operators, border state governments, or the Mexican and Canadian
governments.
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Border Port Layer List
U.S. National Capital
U.S. State Capitals
U.S. Major Cities
U.S. Cities
U.S. Inland Customs Ports
U.S. Interstate Highways
U.S. Railroads
U.S. Rivers
Canadian Provinces
Mexican States
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Border Crossing/Entry Data; based on data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, OMR database.
Incoming vehicle, container, passenger, and pedestrian counts at
U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada land border ports.
Availability
First Year:
1995
Last Year:
March 2016
Frequency:
Monthly
Definitions
Bus Crossings
Number of arriving buses at a particular port, whether or not
they are carrying passengers.
Container
A Container is defined as any conveyance entering the U.S. used
for commercial purposes, either full or empty. Includes containers
moving in-bond for the port initiating the bonded movements.
Types of Containers
The following are examples of a Container: Stakebed truck, truck
with a car carrier, van, pickup truck/car, flatbed truck, piggyback
truck with two linked trailers/containers = 2 containers, straight
truck, bobtail truck, railcar, rail flatbed car stacked with four
containers = 4 containers (on each rail car if there is multiple box
containers count each container and the flatbed car.), and tri-level
boxcar with multiple containers inside = 3 containers
Passengers Crossing In Buses
Number of persons arriving by bus requiring U.S. Customs
processing.
Passengers Crossing In Privately Owned Vehicles
Persons entering the United States at a particular port by
private automobiles, pick-up trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles,
taxis, ambulances, hearses, tractors, snowmobiles and other motorized
private ground vehicles.
Passengers Crossing In Trains
Number of passengers and crew arriving by train and requiring
U.S. Customs processing.
Pedestrian Crossings
The number of persons arriving on foot or by certain conveyance
(such as bicycles, mopeds, or wheel chairs) requiring U.S. Customs
processing.
Privately Owned Vehicle Crossings
Number of privately owned vehicles (POVs) arriving at a
particular port. Includes pick-up trucks, motorcycles, recreational
vehicles, taxis, snowmobiles, ambulances, hearses, and other motorized
private ground vehicles.
Rail Container Crossings (loaded and empty)
A container is any conveyance entering the U.S. used for
commercial purposes, full or empty. In this case, it is the number of
full or empty rail containers arriving at a port. This series includes
containers moving as inbound shipments.
Train Crossings
Number of arriving trains at a particular port.
Truck Container Crossings (loaded and empty)
A container is any conveyance entering the U.S. used for
commercial purposes, full or empty. In this case, it is the number of
full or empty truck containers arriving at a port. This series includes
containers moving as inbound shipments.
Truck Crossings
Number of arriving trucks; does not include privately owned
pick-up trucks.
Notes
Canada
Incoming Trucks, Incoming PVs, PV Passengers, Incoming Buses, Bus Passengers, and Incoming Pedestrians
Bar Harbor and Portland, Maine (ferry crossing) - The CAT high speed ferry operates from May to September.
Anacortes and Friday Harbor - The international ferries that connect Anacortes and Friday Harbor, Washington with Sidney, British Columbia do not run in February.
Truck Containers (Loaded) and Truck Containers (Unloaded)
Passenger vehicle and passengers in personal vehicles data for Cape Vincent, New York (ferry) are available beginning in 2007. The ferry between Wolfe Island (Canada) and Cape Vincent does not operate in the winter.
Incoming Train Passengers
Includes both passengers and crew.
Mexico
Incoming Trucks
Data represent the number of truck crossings, not the number of unique vehicles, and include both loaded and unloaded trucks.
Data for the port of Calexico are typically reported as a combined total with Calexico East.
Data for the port of Calexico are typically reported as a combined total with Calexico East.
Incoming Train Passengers
Data for the port of Calexico are typically reported as a combined total with Calexico East.
Includes train crew. BTS is not aware of any passenger service currently operating across the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Customs and Border Protection has indicated to BTS that since 2009 train crew are being exchanged at the Texas-Mexico border, and thus do not enter the United States.