|
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Post Office and delivery points
(in actual units indicated, unaudited)
|
2011
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2010
|
2009
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2008
|
2007
|
Post Offices, Stations, and Branches
|
Postal-Managed
|
Post Offices
|
26,927
|
27,077
|
27,161
|
27,232
|
27,276
|
Classified stations, branches, and carrier annexes
|
5,219
|
5,451
|
5,501
|
5,509
|
5,419
|
Total Postal-Managed
|
32,146
|
32,528
|
32,662
|
32,741
|
32,695
|
Contract Postal Units
|
2,904
|
2,931
|
3,037
|
3,148
|
3,131
|
Community Post Offices
|
706
|
763
|
797
|
834
|
895
|
Total Offices, Stations, and Branches
|
35,756
|
36,222
|
36,496
|
36,723
|
36,721
|
Residential Delivery Points
|
City delivery
|
80,792,112
|
80,531,231
|
80,187,505
|
79,848,415
|
79,470,894
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Rural
|
39,067,740
|
38,638,280
|
38,264,946
|
37,684,158
|
37,022,488
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PO Box
|
15,891,349
|
15,739,698
|
15,601,883
|
15,639,031
|
15,635,480
|
Highway contract
|
2,639,061
|
2,607,138
|
2,576,166
|
2,516,783
|
2,473,323
|
Total Residential Delivery
|
138,390,262
|
137,516,347
|
136,630,500
|
135,688,387
|
134,602,185
|
Business Delivery Points
|
City delivery
|
7,487,332
|
7,457,500
|
7,483,461
|
7,436,965
|
7,411,582
|
Rural
|
1,468,861
|
1,453,292
|
1,439,266
|
1,407,942
|
1,360,478
|
PO Box
|
4,072,664
|
4,355,674
|
4,489,688
|
4,587,454
|
4,548,973
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Highway contract
|
72,872
|
72,648
|
72,966
|
71,538
|
69,304
|
Total Business Delivery
|
13,101,729
|
13,339,114
|
13,485,381
|
13,503,899
|
13,390,337
|
Total Delivery Points
|
151,491,991
|
150,855,461
|
150,115,881
|
149,192,286
|
147,992,522
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Change in delivery points
|
636,530
|
739,580
|
923,595
|
1,199,764
|
1,818,326
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