Table A3-67
Unaddressed Mail Received
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Industry Percent of Unaddressed Mail Received by Households
1987 2006 2007
Financial:      
Credit card 0.2 0.6 1.2
Bank 0.2 0.3 0.4
Securities broker  0.1 0.3 0.1
Money market 0.0 0.1 0.0
Insurance company 0.9 4.1 4.1
Real estate/Mortgage 0.6 0.7 0.5
Other financial 0.0 0.0 0.0
   Total Financial 2.1 6.0 6.3
Merchants:      
Supermarkets 22.1 24.8 22.5
Department store 20.9 9.6 9.1
Mail order company 1.5 3.4 4.6
Other store 25.1 18.8 21.0
Publisher 4.6 7.3 7.1
Land promotion company 0.2 0.1 0.0
Restaurant 6.7 11.1 10.5
Consumer packaged goods 0.6 1.8 1.6
Auto dealers 0.9 1.6 1.1
Service stations 0.9 1.5 1.8
Mall 0.2 0.0 0.0
Other merchants 2.1 0.9 1.4
   Total Merchants 90.0 80.9 80.7
Services:      
Telephone 0.0 1.2 2.0
Other utilities 0.1 0.1 0.1
Medical 1.6 1.8 1.8
Other professional 0.7 0.2 0.1
Leisure service 0.5 0.6 0.8
Cable TV 0.1 4.2 4.0
Computer 0.0 0.3 0.3
Craftsman 0.5 0.3 0.4
Other services 2.1 2.1 1.7
   Total Services 5.6 10.6 11.1
Federal Government N/A 0.2 0.1
Nonfederal Government 0.2 0.1 0.1
   Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 1.3 1.3 1.4
Don't know/No answer 0.8 0.9 0.3
   Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.