Table A8-3 First Class Mail Sent by type Pieces in Millions Years 2000 - 2008 (Diary Data)													year  SURVEY YEAR
													2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
													Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008			Greeting Cards	3818.415	4560.648	4223.373	3958.484	4332.152	4009.861	4293.524	3886.626	3647.914
Correspondence												Letter to Friend or Relative	1914.888	1740.454	1974.236	1560.951	1512.949	1070.957	1239.635	1250.048	1020.612
Personal	6,680	7,135	7,154	6,457	6,561	5,870	6,232	5,811	5,646			Other Personal	947.0491	833.4913	956.7822	937.8499	715.4722	789.382	698.6787	674.8217	977.8144
Greeting Cards	3,818	4,561	4,223	3,958	4,332	4,010	4,294	3,887	3,648			Business Correspondence	2056.543	2048.916	2142.246	1610.022	1720.384	1702.168	1661.625	1677.861	1599.871
Letter to Friend or Relative	1,915	1,740	1,974	1,561	1,513	1,071	1,240	1,250	1,021			Social Correspondence	774.9966	419.1186	443.5059	440.2664	446.8732	416.9296	372.1791	454.4094	483.1825
Other Personal	947	833	957	938	715	789	699	675	978			PAYMENT	11326.55	11212.25	11996.39	10706.99	11151.53	10809.02	9949.469	10202.09	9704.415
Business/Government	2,057	2,049	2,142	1,610	1,720	1,702	1,662	1,678	1,600			ORDER	852.8542	733.671	774.4909	738.5707	733.7673	769.3942	611.5046	559.7542	536.7346
Social	775	419	444	440	447	417	372	454	483			DONATION	578.1505	571.9396	574.3878	535.8239	598.3542	560.1575	523.872	549.5443	656.9435
Total	9,512	9,603	9,740	8,508	8,728	7,989	8,266	7,944	7,729			CD/DVD/VIDEO GAME	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	539.6704	774.0113
Transactions												DK/RF	361.0541	1701.246	1981.876	1175.73	1184.575	1013.323	823.8783	966.1011	1353.483
Bill Payment	11,327	11,212	11,996	10,707	11,152	10,809	9,949	10,202	9,704			Total	22630.5	23821.74	25067.28	21664.69	22396.06	21141.19	20174.37	20760.92	20754.98
Orders	853	734	774	739	734	769	612	560	537
Donations	578	572	574	536	598	560	524	550	657
Total	12,758	12,518	13,345	11,981	12,484	12,139	11,085	11,311	10,898
CD/DVD/Video Games 1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	540	774
DK/RF	361	1,701	1,982	1,176	1,185	1,013	824	966	1,353
Total First-Class Sent	22,631	23,822	25,067	21,665	22,396	21,141	20,174	20,761	20,755
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
1 CD/DVD/Video Games not collected as a separate category prior to 2007.