Table A1-2
Mail Received by Households by Class Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009 (Diary Data)
A12ROW YEAR COUNT PERCENT
  2008 0.751433  
  2009 0.376742  
FIRST-CLASS 2008 9.006261 19.36101
Class Percent of Total Pieces Per Week Pieces Per Household Per Week FIRST-CLASS 2009 8.288151 17.81727
PERIODICALS 2008 1.053834 2.265456
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 PERIODICALS 2009 0.989394 2.126928
First-Class 1 42.1 36.4 38.0 8.64 9.01 8.29 STANDARD 2008 13.75477 29.56901
Periodicals 8.2 4.3 4.5 1.69 1.05 0.99 STANDARD 2009 11.72745 25.21083
Standard Mail 2 47.6 55.7 53.8 9.77 13.75 11.73 PACKAGE SERVICES 2008 0.078209 0.168127
Package Services 3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.06 0.08 0.07 PACKAGE SERVICES 2009 0.068351 0.146937
Government 4 1.8 3.3 3.4 0.36 0.82 0.73 GOVERNMENT 2008 0.819424 1.761539
   Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 20.52 24.71 21.81 GOVERNMENT 2009 0.731675 1.572902
1 Includes Non-Governmental Priority mail and First-Class/Priority Packages
2 Includes Non-Governmental Presorted Standard, Nonprofit, Unsolicited Periodicals and Standard Packages
3 Includes Non-Governmental Parcel Post, Parcel Select, Bound Printed Matter, Special Standard Mail and Library Rate
4 Includes Government Mail from First-Class Letters, Standard Mail, USPS-Delivered Packages and Unaddressed Material