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Post Office and delivery points

(in actual units indicated, unaudited)

 

 

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Post Offices, stations, and branches

Postal-managed

Post Offices

26,670

26,755

26,927

27,077

27,161

Classified stations, branches, and
carrier annexes

5,032

5,102

5,219

5,451

5,501

Total Postal-managed

31,702

31,857

32,146

32,528

32,662

Contract Postal Units

2,718

2,792

2,904

2,931

3,037

Village Post Offices

385

47

0

0

0

Community Post Offices

629

673

706

763

797

Total offices, stations, and branches

35,434

35,369

35,756

36,222

36,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential delivery points

City delivery

81,297,883

81,040,591

80,792,112

80,531,231

80,187,505

Rural

40,111,620

39,449,400

39,067,740

38,638,280

38,264,946

PO Box

15,882,717

15,994,508

15,891,349

15,739,698

15,601,883

Highway contract

2,736,005

2,678,508

2,639,061

2,607,138

2,576,166

Total residential delivery

140,028,225

139,163,007

138,390,262

137,516,347

136,630,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business delivery points

City delivery

7,554,231

7,525,979

7,487,332

7,457,500

7,483,461

Rural

1,524,741

1,493,644

1,468,861

1,453,292

1,439,266

PO Box

3,738,314

3,889,964

4,072,664

4,355,674

4,489,688

Highway contract

74,922

73,957

72,872

72,648

72,966

Total business delivery

12,892,208

12,983,544

13,101,729

13,339,114

13,485,381

Total delivery points

152,920,433

152,146,551

151,491,991

150,855,461

150,115,881

Change in delivery points

773,882

654,560

636,530

739,580

923,595




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