Table A2-20
Total Percentage of Industry's First-Class Mail Received by
Households Which is Sent Presort
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Industry Percent Sent Presort
1987 2006 2007
Financial:      
Credit Card 76.9 97.3 96.4
Bank 59.1 86.0 87.3
Securities 37.6 79.7 80.9
Money Market � 52.4 80.1 85.9
Insurance 62.2 86.0 86.4
Mortgage 19.0 60.0 64.7
Total Financial 58.9 86.8 87.1
Merchants:      
Supermarkets N/A 73.0 83.9
Deprtment Store 73.5 93.7 92.8
Mail Order 50.0 84.3 82.9
Other Store 33.1 75.6 77.9
Publisher 58.9 85.9 85.6
Land Promotion � 61.9 84.5 78.1
Online auction N/A 0.0 49.7
Restaurant � 50.0 43.2 52.0
Consumer packaged goods 30.8 72.5 80.1
Auto dealers � 45.5 72.6 77.2
Service stations � 14.3 78.8 81.8
Total Merchants 55.0 79.6 80.0
Services:      
Telephone 84.4 66.3 70.2
Other utility 81.2 86.6 83.4
Medical 35.9 62.8 65.2
Other professional 7.8 42.6 44.9
Leisure service 31.1 70.9 74.6
Cable TV 57.3 80.6 79.7
Computer � 15.4 82.3 80.0
Craftsman � 22.2 27.1 28.1
Total Services 56.7 69.3 70.7
Federal government N/A 83.4 78.0
Nonfederal government 54.0 69.6 68.9
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 16.5 40.2 39.7
Total Nonhousehold Mail Received by households 53.9 73.5 74.9
Pieces per household per week 3.7 6.8 6.8
 � Fluctuation may be due to small sample sizes.
Note: Percents are row percentages within each Industry classification.