Table A8-1
First Class Mail Received by Type
Pieces in Millions
Years 2000 - 2007 (Diary Data)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Correspondence                
Personal  7,211 7,456 7,154 6,457 6,561 5,870 6,079 5,610
Greeting Cards 4,052 4,472 4,456 3,816 4,014 3,586 3,935 3,571
Letter from Friend or Relative 1,769 1,839 1,629 1,467 1,385 1,227 1,138 1,116
Other Personal 1,391 1,145 1,070 1,174 1,161 1,057 1,006 923
Business/Government 6,433 6,859 6,881 6,584 6,974 6,328 5,029 4,355
Social  2,660 2,470 2,613 2,918 2,333 2,318 2,198 2,541
Total 16,304 16,785 16,649 15,960 15,867 14,517 13,306 12,506
Transactions                
Bills 12,618 13,669 14,315 14,237 14,555 14,345 14,111 13,808
Financial Statements 6,117 7,598 6,874 6,429 6,452 6,594 6,920 7,133
Credit Card Statement/Bill 2,958 4,423 4,280 4,305 3,926 4,311 4,969 4,980
Notice or Confirmation of Order 2,007 2,502 2,860 2,429 2,252 2,518 2,738 3,242
Payment/Check/Credit 1,481 1,679 1,635 1,618 1,552 1,437 1,439 1,418
Other 2,500 1,629 1,679 1,698 1,329 2,306 2,680 3,647
Total 27,680 31,501 31,643 30,716 30,065 31,512 32,857 34,228
                 
Advertising (Ads Only) 7,930 10,743 10,624 9,659 8,840 10,546 10,343 9,034
                 
CD/DVD/Video Games N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 640
                 
DK/RF 4,890 1,483 1,613 2,534 2,498 2,208 2,916 2,449
                 
Total First-Class Received 56,805 60,512 60,529 58,869 57,270 58,783 59,423 58,856
Other Transactions include Rebates, Request for Donation, Confirmation of Donation, Social Bills, Direct Deposit Receipts,
    Sweepstakes, Educational Acceptances, Insurance Related, Replacement Credit Cards and Tax Related 
CD/DVD/Video Games not collected as a separate category prior to 2007.