DOT BTS Border Crossings (every US border port × month × crossing type since 1996)

Dataset · Department of Transportation (Bureau of Transportation Statistics) · primary source ↗

Every monthly US border crossing event by port + measure — 273k records spanning 1996-present. Each row: port_code, port_name (e.g. 'Buffalo-Niagara Falls', 'San Ysidro'), state, border (US-Canada / US-Mexico), date, measure (Personal Vehicle Passengers / Personal Vehicles / Trucks / Truck Containers / Pedestrians / Trains / Train Passengers / Bus Passengers / Buses / Rail Containers), value (count), lat/lon. Surfaces immigration + trade flow patterns — pandemic shutdown, freight rebound, asylum surges.

Source agency
Department of Transportation (Bureau of Transportation Statistics)
License
CC0 / US public domain
Coverage
273,000 port-month-measure records
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Keywords

border crossingsUS-Mexico borderUS-Canada borderBTS border dataport of entry trafficfreight crossingstrade flow

Provenance

Every record in this dataset can be traced back to its primary source at https://data.bts.gov/resource/keg4-3bc2. Underlying content is a US federal government work (public domain under 17 USC §105); our derived data is licensed CC0 1.0.

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