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2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
| Post Offices, Stations and Branches |
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| Number of post offices |
27,385 |
27,505 |
27,556 |
27,791 |
27,876 |
| Classified stations and branches |
5,622 |
5,623 |
5,796 |
5,900 |
5,835 |
| Contract stations and branches |
3,116 |
2,889 |
2,777 |
2,500 |
2,876 |
| Community post offices |
1,019 |
1,142 |
1,450 |
1,492 |
1,536 |
| Total Offices, Stations and Branches |
37,142 |
37,159 |
37,579 |
37,683 |
38,123 |
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| Residential Delivery Points****/***** |
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| City |
78,524,242 |
77,967,046 |
77,490,203 |
77,014,294 |
76,578,169 |
| Rural |
34,958,986 |
33,817,615 |
33,324,799 |
32,141,581 |
31,004,518 |
| PO Box |
15,614,801 |
15,634,610 |
15,730,694 |
15,772,964 |
15,818,625 |
| Highway Contract |
2,243,520 |
2,162,772 |
2,153,056 |
2,073,145 |
2,004,837 |
| Total Residential Delivery Points |
131,341,549 |
129,582,043 |
128,698,752 |
127,001,984 |
125,406,149 |
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| Business Delivery Points****/***** |
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| City |
7,280,384 |
7,185,300 |
7,208,608 |
7,197,207 |
7,183,431 |
| Rural |
1,230,645 |
1,172,499 |
1,192,144 |
1,132,049 |
1,071,201 |
| PO Box |
4,412,559 |
4,321,862 |
4,203,433 |
4,065,877 |
3,969,279 |
| Highway Contract |
61,228 |
58,084 |
58,339 |
55,362 |
52,247 |
| Total Business Delivery Points |
12,984,816 |
12,737,745 |
12,662,524 |
12,450,495 |
12,276,158 |
| Total Delivery Points |
144,326,365 |
142,319,788 |
141,361,276 |
139,452,479 |
137,682,307 |
| Change in Delivery Points |
2,006,577 |
958,512 |
1,908,797 |
1,770,172 |
1,736,256 |
| * |
Complement data from On-Rolls and Paid Employee Statistics database as of end of September 2003–2005 and early September 2001–2002. |
| ** |
Beginning 2005 employees in the Sales organization were reported as Headquarter-Field Support Units instead of in the Area Offices. |
| *** |
Beginning 2004 employees located outside the headquarters location, but performing headquarters functions are counted as headquarters employees. |
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The table above shows delivery growth of 958,512 in FY 2004. The absolute growth is 1,782,900 deliveries if FY 2003 were adjusted to reflect the current
reporting procedure as implemented in FY 2004. For a more detailed discussion of the current reporting procedure, see the “Network Growth” section of the “Management Discussion and Analysis”. |
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FY 2003–2005 deliveries points are reported as of September 30th while FY 2001–2002 reflect deliveries as reported in early to mid-September. |
