Table A1-2
Mail Received by Households by Class Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007, and 2008 (Diary Data)
A12ROW YEAR COUNT PERCENT
  2007 2.195761  
  2008 0.751433  
FIRST-CLASS 2007 9.352406 18.7055
Class Percent of Total Pieces Per Week Pieces Per Household Per Week FIRST-CLASS 2008 9.006261 18.01319
PERIODICALS 2007 1.099454 2.198988
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 PERIODICALS 2008 1.053834 2.107746
First-Class 1 42.1 37.0 36.4 8.64 9.35 9.01 STANDARD 2007 13.97665 27.95433
Periodicals 8.2 4.3 4.3 1.69 1.10 1.05 STANDARD 2008 13.75477 27.51056
Standard Mail 2 47.6 55.3 55.7 9.77 13.98 13.75 PACKAGE SERVICES 2007 0.087269 0.174544
Package Services 3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.06 0.09 0.08 PACKAGE SERVICES 2008 0.078209 0.156423
Government 4 1.8 3.0 3.3 0.36 0.77 0.82 GOVERNMENT 2007 0.769882 1.539821
   Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 20.52 25.29 24.71 GOVERNMENT 2008 0.819424 1.638909
1 Includes Non-Governmental Priority mail and First-Class/Priority Packages
2 Includes Non-Governmental Presorted Standard, Nonprofit, Unsolicited Periodicals and Standard Packages
3 Includes Non-Governmental Parcel Post, Parcel Select, Bound Printed Matter, Special Standard Mail and Library Rate
4 Includes Government Mail from First-Class Letters, Standard Mail, USPS-Delivered Packages and Unaddressed Material