Table A1-2
Mail Received by Households by Class Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006, and 2007 (Diary Data)
Class Percent of Total Pieces Per Week Pieces Per Household Per Week
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
First-Class 42.1 36.3 37.0 8.64 9.62 9.35
Periodicals 8.2 4.3 4.3 1.69 1.13 1.10
Standard Mail 47.6 55.7 55.3 9.77 14.78 13.98
Package Services ƒ 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.06 0.09 0.09
Government 1.8 3.4 3.0 0.36 0.90 0.77
   Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 20.52 26.52 25.29
Includes Non-Governmental Priority mail and First-Class/Priority Packages
Includes Non-Governmental Presorted Standard, Nonprofit, Unsolicited Periodicals and Standard Packages
ƒIncludes Non-Governmental Parcel Post, Parcel Select, Bound Printed Matter, Special Standard Mail and Library Rate
Includes Government Mail from First-Class Letters, Standard Mail, USPS-Delivered Packages and Unaddressed Material