Table A8-1 First Class Mail Received by Type Pieces in Millions Years 2000 - 2009 (Diary Data)													2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
													Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count
												Greeting Cards	4051.796	4471.848	4455.814	3816.299	4014.445	3586.272	3935.124	3570.717	3651.803
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009		Letter from Friend or Relative	1768.98	1839.241	1628.6	1467.484	1384.657	1227.392	1138.316	1115.705	1046.418
Correspondence												Other Personal	1390.51	1144.954	1069.976	1173.504	1161.467	1056.535	1005.804	923.4233	947.9239
Personal	7,211	7,456	7,154	6,457	6,561	5,870	6,079	5,610	5,646	5,225	10%	Business Correspondence	6433.026	6858.665	6881.425	6584.313	6973.726	7284.365	6262.357	6633.999	6445.729
Greeting Cards	4,052	4,472	4,456	3,816	4,014	3,586	3,935	3,571	3,652	3,368	6%	Social Correspondence	2659.643	2470.218	2613.358	2918.297	2332.609	2318.377	2198.219	2540.982	2334.022
Letter from Friend or Relative	1,769	1,839	1,629	1,467	1,385	1,227	1,138	1,116	1,046	956	2%	Bills	12618.36	13668.92	14314.74	14237.31	14555.2	14345.13	14111.28	13807.98	13825
Other Personal	1,391	1,145	1,070	1,174	1,161	1,057	1,006	923	948	901	2%	Financial Statement	6116.867	7598.431	6874.344	6429.374	6451.784	6594.478	6920.448	7132.835	6559.552
Business/Government	6,433	6,859	6,881	6,584	6,974	7,284	6,262	6,634	6,446	6,062	11%	Credit Card Statement/Bill	2957.775	4423.434	4280.347	4304.93	3925.639	4310.921	4968.956	4979.827	4830.16
Social	2,660	2,470	2,613	2,918	2,333	2,318	2,198	2,541	2,334	2,057	4%	Notice or Confirmation of Order	2007.138	2501.718	2860.21	2429.185	2251.815	2518.391	2737.542	3241.988	2823.969
Total	16,304	16,785	16,649	15,960	15,867	15,473	14,540	14,785	14,426	13,344	25%	Payment/Check/Credit	1480.628	1679.491	1634.502	1617.518	1551.68	1437.086	1438.952	1418.073	1323.953
Transactions												Other Transactions	2499.574	1628.842	1678.738	1698.066	1328.751	1349.649	1446.63	1368.692	1426.319
Bills	12,618	13,669	14,315	14,237	14,555	14,345	14,111	13,808	13,825	13,085	25%	Advertising	7930.491	10743.39	10623.94	9659.34	8840.264	10546.12	10344.4	9033.816	8257.343
Financial Statements	6,117	7,598	6,874	6,429	6,452	6,594	6,920	7,133	6,560	6,666	13%	CD/DVD/Video Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	639.5326	806.2552
Credit Card Statement/Bill	2,958	4,423	4,280	4,305	3,926	4,311	4,969	4,980	4,830	4,687	9%	DK/RF	4890.087	1482.995	1612.883	2533.706	2497.97	2208.376	2915.162	2448.671	2971.498
Notice or Confirmation of Order	2,007	2,502	2,860	2,429	2,252	2,518	2,738	3,242	2,824	2,559	5%	Total	56804.88	60512.15	60528.88	58869.33	57270	58783.09	59423.19	58856.24	57249.94
Payment/Check/Credit	1,481	1,679	1,635	1,618	1,552	1,437	1,439	1,418	1,324	1,378	3%
Other	2,500	1,629	1,679	1,698	1,329	1,350	1,447	1,369	1,426	1,250	2%
Total	27,680	31,501	31,643	30,716	30,065	30,556	31,624	31,949	30,789	29,626	56%
Advertising (Ads Only)	7,930	10,743	10,624	9,659	8,840	10,546	10,344	9,034	8,257	6,648	13%
CD/DVD/Video Games 1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	640	806	937	2%
DK/RF	4,890	1,483	1,613	2,534	2,498	2,208	2,915	2,449	2,971	2,568	5%
Total First-Class Received	56,805	60,512	60,529	58,869	57,270	58,783	59,423	58,856	57,250	53,123	100%
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Note: Transaction and Correspondence definitions redefined to match calculation in HDS main report.
1 CD/DVD/Video Games not collected as a separate category prior to 2007.