December 22, 2010 — Postal officials predict it will be the busiest delivery day of the season across America.
But nobody will be as busy as they will be in Huntington Station, as ZIP Code 11746 has been identified as the nation’s busiest zip code.
The following chart documenting the mail volume for the full month of November, and volume of mail through December 10, shows that ZIP Code 11746 residential deliveries eclipsed other perennial full mailboxes in New York, Chicago and Staten Island. Even holiday favorites Garland and Sugarland fell behind in the race for the fullest mailboxes this year.
As Monday, Dec. 20, marked the Postal Service’s busiest mailing day of the year -- more than 800 million pieces of mail entering the system representing a 40 percent increase in the average daily volume – the 56 letter carriers will shortly be on the streets to provide delivery to approximately 20,000 deliveries in 11746.
| What are the top 10 busiest ZIP Codes in terms of residential delivery mail volume all classes of mail, residential deliveries only. | ||||||
| Nov | City | ST | ZIP | Mail Volume – November |
Dec | Mail Volume – December (as of dec 10) |
| 1 | Huntington Station | NY | 11746 | 3,300,963 | 1 | 1,086,223 |
| 2 | New York City | NY | 10025 | 3,095,264 | 3 | 1,050,382 |
| 3 | Staten Island | NY | 10314 | 2,962,487 | 2 | 1,073,498 |
| 4 | Garland | TX | 75034 | 2,931,831 | 5 | 1,037,964 |
| 5 | Laguna Niguel | CA | 92677 | 2,927,590 | 8 | 970,871 |
| 6 | Sugarland | TX | 77479 | 2,863,324 | 7 | 976,688 |
| 7 | Chicago | IL | 60614 | 2,814,856 | 4 | 1,039,328 |
| 8 | New York City | NY | 10024 | 2,769,867 | 9 | 950,110 |
| 9 | Spring | TX | 77379 | 2,748,758 | 6 | 1,021,273 |
| 10 | Mentor | OH | 44060 | 2,684,039 | 10 | 899,353 |
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