Publication 100 - The United States Postal Service - An American History 1775 - 2006 >
The history of the United States PostalService > Statistics: Pieces & Post Offices
Year
|
Pieces of Mail Handled
|
Number of
Post Offices
|
Total Operating
Revenue
|
Total Operating
Expenses
|
1789
|
…
|
75
|
$ 7,510
|
$ 7,560
|
Income and expenses listed for 1789 are for three months only.
|
1790
|
…
|
75
|
37,935
|
32,140
|
1795
|
…
|
453
|
160,620
|
117,893
|
1800
|
…
|
903
|
280,804
|
213,994
|
1805
|
…
|
1,558
|
421,373
|
377,367
|
1810
|
…
|
2,300
|
551,684
|
495,969
|
1815
|
…
|
3,000
|
1,043,065
|
748,121
|
1820
|
…
|
4,500
|
1,111,927
|
1,160,926
|
1825
|
…
|
5,677
|
1,306,525
|
1,229,043
|
1830
|
…
|
8,450
|
1,850,583
|
1,932,708
|
1835
|
…
|
10,770
|
2,993,556
|
2,757,350
|
1840
|
…
|
13,468
|
4,543,522
|
4,718,236
|
1845
|
…
|
14,183
|
4,289,842
|
4,320,732
|
1850
|
…
|
18,417
|
5,499,985
|
5,212,953
|
1855
|
…
|
24,410
|
6,642,136
|
9,968,342
|
1860
|
…
|
28,498
|
8,518,067
|
14,874,601
|
1865
|
…
|
28,882
|
14,556,159
|
13,694,728
|
1870
|
…
|
28,492
|
18,879,537
|
23,998,838
|
1875
|
…
|
35,547
|
26,791,314
|
33,611,309
|
1880
|
…
|
42,989
|
33,315,479
|
36,542,804
|
1885
|
…
|
51,252
|
42,560,844
|
50,046,235
|
1890
|
4,005,408,000
|
62,401
|
60,882,098
|
66,259,548
|
1895
|
5,134,281,000
|
70,064
|
76,983,128
|
87,179,551
|
1900
|
7,129,990,000
|
76,688
|
102,353,579
|
107,740,268
|
1905
|
10,187,506,000
|
68,131
|
152,826,585
|
167,399,169
|
1910
|
14,850,103,000
|
59,580
|
224,128,658
|
229,977,225
|
1915
|
…
|
56,380
|
$ 287,248,165
|
$ 298,546,026
|
1920
|
…
|
52,641
|
437,150,212
|
454,322,609
|
1925
|
…
|
50,957
|
599,591,478
|
639,281,648
|
1930
|
27,887,823,000
|
49,063
|
705,484,098
|
803,667,219
|
1935
|
22,331,752,000
|
45,686
|
630,795,302
|
696,503,235
|
1940
|
27,749,467,000
|
44,024
|
766,948,627
|
807,629,180
|
1945
|
37,912,067,000
|
41,792
|
1,314,240,132
|
1,145,002,246
|
1950
|
45,063,737,000
|
41,464
|
1,677,486,967
|
2,222,949,000
|
1955
|
55,233,564,000
|
38,316
|
2,349,476,528
|
2,712,150,214
|
1960
|
63,674,604,000
|
35,238
|
3,276,588,433
|
3,873,952,908
|
1965
|
71,873,166,000
|
33,624
|
4,483,389,833
|
5,275,839,877
|
1970
|
84,881,833,000
|
32,002
|
6,472,737,791
|
7,982,551,936
|
Effective July 1, 1971, the Post Office Department was transformed into the United States Postal Service, an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States.
|
1971
|
86,983,000,000
|
31,947
|
8,751,484,000
|
8,955,264,000
|
1975
|
89,265,979,000
|
30,754
|
11,548,104,000
|
12,574,205,000
|
1980
|
106,311,062,000
|
30,326
|
18,752,915,000
|
19,412,587,000
|
1985
|
140,097,956,000
|
29,557
|
28,705,691,000
|
29,207,201,000
|
1990
|
166,300,770,000
|
28,959
|
39,654,830,000
|
40,489,884,000
|
1995
|
180,733,700,000
|
28,392
|
54,293,500,000
|
50,730,200,000
|
2000
|
207,882,200,000
|
27,876
|
64,539,900,000
|
62,992,000,000
|
2005
|
211,742,700,000
|
27,385
|
69,907,400,000
|
68,283,000,000
|
2006
|
213,137,700,000
|
27,318
|
72,650,400,000
|
71,684,000,000
|
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