Table A3-71
Nonprofit Standard Mail Industry by Shape
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Industry Letter Size Envelope Larger Than
Letter Size Envelope
Postcard Catalog Not In Envelope
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Medical  29.1 25.6 25.6 10.0 9.1 6.6 7.4 11.8 11.5 10.0 3.2 4.1
Union or professional 37.9 44.7 50.5 12.1 16.5 16.2 3.2 3.1 3.8 4.8 2.1 1.1
Church 43.4 48.8 49.2 8.6 14.0 13.0 2.3 6.9 7.4 3.0 1.8 1.8
Veterans 48.9 44.8 47.8 11.3 37.0 29.0 6.5 8.7 10.8 6.7 0.2 0.3
Educational 27.3 22.1 23.4 9.0 8.4 8.6 1.8 14.2 13.2 12.2 8.5 8.6
Charities 80.1 64.2 64.9 9.3 20.2 17.4 1.5 4.5 6.2 1.2 1.5 1.1
Political 28.9 46.7 23.4 13.6 17.8 8.9 3.0 5.0 19.4 0.6 1.2 0.7
AARP 79.3 51.5 55.4 11.0 40.7 31.4 4.2 1.0 2.1 0.9 0.0 0.0
Museum 49.0 43.8 44.6 14.9 10.6 9.2 5.9 10.9 13.0 19.7 8.4 10.6
Nonprofit publication 30.6 47.3 46.3 28.6 16.7 14.0 1.9 7.5 9.1 5.1 3.0 2.9
Industry Flyers Newspapers/Magazines Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Medical  35.2 26.6 26.5 4.9 23.4 25.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
Union or professional 33.6 19.4 17.6 6.5 12.3 10.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Church 35.9 17.6 16.2 5.6 9.4 11.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Veterans 18.1 3.7 5.9 5.6 2.9 4.7 100.0 100.0 100.0
Educational 44.8 29.5 29.2 3.9 16.2 15.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Charities 6.9 5.8 6.7 0.5 2.6 2.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Political 52.6 25.8 45.0 0.7 2.8 1.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
AARP 2.7 6.1 7.5 2.0 0.7 3.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
Museum 8.9 22.0 16.6 0.5 1.9 4.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Nonprofit publication 11.4 15.8 17.5 19.7 8.4 9.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
NOTE: Totals may not equal exactly 100% due to unreported categories; Percentages are row percentages within Industry classification.