Mexico/U.S. Border Crossings

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Mexico/U.S. Border Crossings

Mexico is the largest trading partner of the U.S. and the two share a 1,969 mile border. Around $600 billion in automotive, machinery, electronics, consumer goods, medical instruments, and other goods move across the border every year. The following data offers great insight into the busiest freight border crossings between the two countries.

83% of the cross-border freight is moved by trucks. The following data is from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Truck Containers – 2020

Total U.S.-Mexican border 6,350,338

Total top 5 gateways 4,759,630

Laredo, TX 2,302,913

Otay Mesa, CA 942,835

Hidalgo, TX 666,859

Ysleta, TX 454,256

Calexico East, CA 392,767

Note: Truck Container data represent the number of Truck container crossings, not the number of unique vehicles. Data are for both loaded and empty truck containers.

Rail Conatainers – 2020

Total U.S.-Mexican border 1,014,873

Total top 5 gateways 1,005,509

Laredo, TX 474,766

Eagle Pass, TX 334,512

Brownsville, TX 69,784

El Paso, TX 68,388

Nogales, AZ 58,059

Note: Rail Container data include both loaded and empty Rail containers.

Further data sourced from Wikipedia gives insight into the people dynamics of this border which has around 350 million legal crossings each year. It is no surprise to learn that around 12 million people live in those counties and municipios lining the border on either side.

Many people live on one side and work on the other. From west to east, below is a list of the border city “twinnings”; cross-border municipalities connected by one or more legal border crossings.

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