Postal Employees Stats At A Glance-

The number of employees enrolled in each of the retirement plans at the end of 2005, 2004, and 2003 is as follows:

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Post Offices, Stations and Branches	blank
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**/***	blank
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**/***	blank
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

CLASSES of Mail 2001-2005

(In millions of units indicated)

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Class of Mail

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

First-Class Mail

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Pieces, number

98,071.0

97,926.4

99,058.7

102,378.6

103,655.6

Weight, pounds

4,369.9

4,389.9

4,236.3

4,283.6

4,362.8

Revenue

$36,061.8

$36,376.8

$37,048.3

$36,483.2

$35,876.0

PRNote: at the end of 1997 USPS reported in 99,659.9 pieces, number of First Class mail. Also First class mail numbers started declining in 2002,

**chart added by Postal Reporter

First-Class Mail
2000

1999*

1998

1997

1996

Pieces, number
103,525.7

101,936.5

100,434.2

99,659.9

98,216.1

Weight, pounds
4,392.0

4,299.9

4,151.3

4,115.1

4,019.5

Revenue
$ 35,515.9

$ 34,933.2

$ 33,861.2

$ 33,397.6

$ 33,116.5

Priority Mail

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Pieces, number

887.5

848.6

859.6

998.2

1,117.8

Weight, pounds

1,690.7

1,623.3

1,622.9

1,875.1

2,149.7

Revenue

$4,633.6

$4,421.4

$4,494.3

$4,722.5

$4,916.4

Express Mail

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Pieces, number

55.5

54.1

55.8

61.3

69.4

Weight, pounds

51.7

50.6

53.2

59.1

72.1

Revenue

$872.3

$852.8

$888.1

$910.5

$995.7

Mailgrams

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Pieces, number

1.9

1.6

2.8

3.3

Revenue

$.08

$0.7

$1.2

$1.4

Periodicals

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Pieces, number

9,070.0

9,135.3

9,319.9

9,689.8

10,077.4

Weight, pounds

4,025.6

4,067.5

3,995.0

4,006.1

4,408.3

Revenue

$2,160.8

$2,191.8

$2,234.8

$2,164.9

$2,205.2

Standard Mail***

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Pieces, number

100,942.1

95,563.5

90,492.2

87,230.6

89,938.4

Weight, pounds

11,656.5

11,148.3

10,827.6

10,315.5

10,822.2

Revenue

$18,953.5

$18,122.5

$17,231.3

$15,818.8

$15,704.9

PRNote: at the end of 1997 USPS reported 77,253.6 pieces, number of Standard Mail

Package Services

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Pieces, number

1,165.5

1,131.9

1,128.5

1,075.1

1,093.0

Weight, pounds

3,660.2

3,632.6

3,793.8

3,690.6

3,801.7

Revenue

$2,201.1

$2,206.9

$2,215.7

$2,080.1

$1,993.9

International Economy Mail

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Pieces, number

22.5

25.9

29.9

38.6

60.4

Weight, pounds

56.6

60.3

60.5

65.3

80.3

Revenue

$134.3

$145.2

$145.9

$150.4

$177.7

International Airmail***

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Pieces, number

829.0

817.9

775.3

865.2

1,022.1

Weight, pounds

185.2

168.4

152.6

151.8

171.6

Revenue****

$1,630.5

$1,550.6

$1,441.0

$1,429.4

$1,554.0

U.S. Postal Service

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Pieces, number

621.3

529.3

391.6

424.9

380.6

Weight, pounds

110.7

105.4

80.1

87.5

82.3

Free Matter for the Blind

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Pieces, number

76.4

71.1

70.4

56.8

44.6

Weight, pounds

34.4

34.6

29.8

28.1

24.9

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Totals*****

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Pieces, number

211,742.7

206,105.7

202,184.7

202,821.9

207,462.6

Weight, pounds

25,841.5

25,280.9

24,851.9

24,562.7

25,975.9

Revenue

$66,648.7

$65,868.7

$65,700.7

$63,761.1

$63,425.2

*	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.
****	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”.
*****	FY 2003–2005 deliveries points are reported as of September 30th while FY 2001–2002 reflect deliveries as reported in early to mid-September.