| Table A8-3 First Class Mail Sent by type Pieces in Millions Years 2000 - 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Correspondence | ||||||||
| Personal | 6,680 | 7,135 | 7,154 | 6,457 | 6,561 | 5,870 | 6,277 | 5,811 |
| Greeting Cards | 3,818 | 4,561 | 4,223 | 3,958 | 4,332 | 4,010 | 4,294 | 3,887 |
| Letter to Friend or Relative | 1,915 | 1,740 | 1,974 | 1,561 | 1,513 | 1,071 | 1,240 | 1,250 |
| Other Personal | 947 | 833 | 957 | 938 | 715 | 789 | 744 | 675 |
| Business/Government | 2,057 | 2,049 | 2,142 | 1,610 | 1,720 | 1,702 | 1,662 | 1,678 |
| Social | 775 | 419 | 444 | 440 | 447 | 417 | 372 | 454 |
| Total | 9,512 | 9,603 | 9,740 | 8,508 | 8,728 | 7,989 | 8,311 | 7,944 |
| Transactions | ||||||||
| Bill Payment | 11,327 | 11,212 | 11,996 | 10,707 | 11,152 | 10,809 | 9,949 | 10,202 |
| Orders | 853 | 734 | 774 | 739 | 734 | 769 | 612 | 560 |
| Donations | 578 | 572 | 574 | 536 | 598 | 560 | 524 | 550 |
| Total | 12,758 | 12,518 | 13,345 | 11,981 | 12,484 | 12,139 | 11,085 | 11,311 |
| CD/DVD/Video Games | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 540 |
| DK/RF | 361 | 1,701 | 1,982 | 1,176 | 1,185 | 1,013 | 824 | 966 |
| Total First-Class Sent | 22,631 | 23,822 | 25,067 | 21,665 | 22,396 | 21,141 | 20,219 | 20,761 |
| CD/DVD/Video Games not collected as a separate category prior to 2007. | ||||||||