Table A2-9
First-Class Mail -- Bills and Statements
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Industry Percent of Total
First-Class		 Pieces Per
Household per Week		 Percent of Total
First-Class		 Pieces Per
Household per Week
Bills* Statements
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Financial:                        
Credit Card 1.8 6.5 6.1 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.1 N/A N/A 0.0 N/A N/A
Bank 1.0 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 3.2 6.6 6.7 0.6 0.7 0.7
Securities 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.4 2.7 0.1 0.2 0.3
Money Market 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Insurance 1.6 3.8 3.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mortgage 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Financial 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Financial 4.7 13.5 13.4 0.8 1.3 1.3 4.5 10.5 11.0 0.8 1.0 1.1
Merchants:                        
Supermarkets 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Deprtment Store 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mail Order 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Store 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Publisher 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Land Promotion 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Online Auction N/A N/A 0.0 N/A N/A 0.0 N/A N/A 0.0 N/A N/A 0.0
Restaurant 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Consumer packaged goods 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Auto dealers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Service stations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Merchants 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Merchants 2.9 3.4 3.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Services:                        
Telephone 1.6 3.9 3.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other utility 2.4 4.3 4.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical 1.7 3.3 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other professional 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Leisure service 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cable TV 0.5 1.7 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Computer 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Craftsman 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Services 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Services 6.7 14.1 13.8 1.2 1.4 1.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal government N/A 0.2 0.2 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.3 0.4 N/A 0.0 0.0
Nonfederal government 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Don't Know/No Answer 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Bills or Statements Received by 14.9 32.1 31.9 2.6 3.2 3.1 5.0 11.6 12.1 0.9 1.1 1.1
Households
* Includes credit card statement/bill.
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.