In 2009, USPS processed 177 billion mail messages, costing $235 per residence. USPS revenue was $68.09 billion, with a net income of -$3.79 billion. USPS also processes passports and money orders. USPS is a law enforcement agency and enforces its monopoly.
In 2009, mail delivery in the United States cost about $235 per residence. Even as the United States Postal Service (USPS) faces competition from several mail and mail companies, approximately 177 billion mail messages were processed through the USPS in 2009, or approximately 584 million per day. In addition to mail processing, the USPS also processes passports – about 7.3 million in 2009 and money orders, about 135 million that year.
More fun postal facts:
US Postal Service (USPS) revenue in 2009: $68.09 billion
His net income in the same year: $ -3.79 billion
Benjamin Franklin founded the first post office in 1775, the USPO.
In 1792, it joined the United States Cabinet and was called the United States Post Office Department, or USPOD
While on the Cabinet, the Postmaster General was last in line to take the presidential office of the United States in an emergency.
Mail was delivered seven days a week until 1912.
The USPS did not become an independent operation until the early 1980s, at which time it received taxpayer money.
In 2009, the USPS employed 656,000 people, the second largest employer in the United States, after Walmart.
The USPS is considered a law enforcement agency: it protects all aspects of the US postal system from crime and misuse.
More than 200 United States federal laws regulate and protect the United States mail system.
The USPS can enforce its monopoly: In 1993 it raided the offices of Equifax – a US credit reporting agency – to find out if the overnight mail that Equifax was sending through a competitor was really urgent. It was not, and Equifax was fined $30,000 US dollars.
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