Table A2-18
First-Class Receipt -- Content by Income
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Recruitment and Diary Data)
Contents <Under $7K $7K - $9.9K $10K - $14.9 $15K - $19.9K
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Personal 0.9 0.4 0.2 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.6 1.5 0.6 0.6
Business or Nonfederal Government:                        
Advertising 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9
Invitation/Announcement 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4
Bill* 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.3 2.1 2.2
Financial Statement 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5
Other 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4
     Total Business or Nonfederal Government 3.2 3.9 3.8 3.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.1 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.4
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7
Total 4.3 4.5 4.2 5.5 5.7 5.7 6.2 4.8 5.8 7.3 6.4 6.7
Contents $20K - $24.9K $25K - $29.9K $30K - $34.9K $35K - $49.9K
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Personal 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.5 0.8 1.1 1.8 0.8 1.1 1.7 1.0 0.8
Business or Nonfederal Government:                        
Advertising 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.3
Invitation/Announcement 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Bill* 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.5 3.2 3.2 3.1
Financial Statement 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0
Other 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.7
       Total Business or Nonfederal Government 5.7 5.8 5.6 6.3 7.5 6.4 7.1 7.5 6.4 7.9 8.1 7.5
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5
Total 7.5 7.1 6.5 8.5 8.7 8.0 9.8 8.7 8.0 10.4 9.5 8.9
Contents $50K - $64.9K $65K - $79.9K $80K - $99.9K $100K+
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Personal 2.1 1.1 0.9 2.2 1.1 1.0 2.1 1.3 1.1 2.7 1.4 1.1
Business or Nonfederal Government:                        
Advertising 1.5 1.7 1.4 2.1 2.0 1.7 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.8 2.2
Invitation/Announcement 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7
Bill* 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.6 3.6 4.2 3.9 3.5 4.6 4.1 3.8
Financial Statement 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.8
Other 2.5 1.7 2.0 3.3 1.5 1.8 3.1 2.1 2.0 3.2 2.0 2.4
     Total Business or Nonfederal Government 9.4 8.6 8.4 11.5 9.1 9.2 12.1 10.6 9.5 12.9 11.5 10.8
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.6 1.1 1.0
Total 12.6 10.2 9.8 14.9 10.9 10.9 15.5 12.8 11.4 17.5 14.0 13.0
Includes pieces for which no response was given for Mail Type. 
* Includes credit card statement/bill
Note: 2006/2007 Estimates for Income Levels $25K-$29.9K are identical to those in $30K-$34.9K since categories used to collect data only included $25K-$34.9K. 
Totals may not sum due to rounding.