| Table A8-2 Shares of First Class Mail Received by Type Years 2000 - 2009 (Diary Data) |
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| Uses data from Table A8-1 | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||
| Correspondence | ||||||||||||
| Personal | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | ||
| Greeting Cards | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | ||
| Letter from Friend or Relative | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Other Personal | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Business/Government | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Social | 5% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Total | 29% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 25% | ||
| Transactions | ||||||||||||
| Bills | 22% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 25% | ||
| Financial Statements | 11% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 13% | ||
| Credit Card Statement/Bill | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | ||
| Notice or Confirmation of Order | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | ||
| Payment/Check/Credit | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | ||
| Other 1 | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Total | 49% | 52% | 52% | 52% | 52% | 52% | 53% | 54% | 54% | 56% | ||
| Advertising (Ads Only) | 14% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 13% | ||
| CD/DVD/Video Games 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1% | 1% | 2% | ||
| DK/RF | 9% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | ||
| Total First-Class Received | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||
| Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding. | ||||||||||||
| Note: Transaction and Correspondence definitions redefined to match calculation in HDS main report. | ||||||||||||
| 1 CD/DVD/Video Games not collected as a separate category prior to 2007. | ||||||||||||