Friday, April 6, 2012

By the Numbers

The U.S. Postal Service delivers more mail to more addresses in a larger geographical area than any other post in the world.  The Postal Service delivers to more than 151 million homes, businesses, and Post Office Boxes in every state, city, town, and borough in this country.  Everybody living in the U.S. and its territories has access to postal products and service and pays the same postage regardless of their location.

66 billion           Revenue in 2011, in dollars

167.9 billion       Number of mailpieces processed in 2011

554 million         Average number of mailpieces processed each day

23 million          Average number of mailpieces processed each hour

384,000              Average number of mailpieces processed each minute

6,400                 Average number of mailpieces processed each second

40                                          Percent of the world’s mail volume handled by the U.S. Postal Service

1.9 billion         Dollar amount paid every two weeks in salaries and benefits

546,000             Number of career employees

31,509               Number of U.S. Postal Service-managed retail offices

34 million         Number of work hours reduced equals 19,000 full-time employees

213,881             Number of vehicles – the largest civilian fleet in the world

1.2 billion         Number of miles driven each year by letter carriers and truck drivers

39.9 million      Number of address changes processed in 2011

35.5                  Percent of retail revenue from alternative access channels in 2011

1.2 million        Number of people who visited usps.com each day

62 million         Number of inquiries handles by U.S. Postal Service Contact Center in 2011

236 million       Dollar amount of online stamp and retail sales at usps.com in 2011

467 million       Total revenue, in dollars, from Click-N-Ship label purchases in 2011

5.6 million        Number of passport applications accepted in 2011

116 million       Number of money orders issued in 2011

543 million       Amount in revenue from 2,500 Automated Postal Centers in 2011

71,000              Number of stores, banks, and ATMs that sell postage stamps 

636,530            Number of new delivery points added to the network in 2011

0                     Tax dollars received for operating the U.S. Postal Service

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