USPS FACTS

• About 14 percent of the nation’s population moves every year, generating more than 45 million address changes.
• We add an average of 3,500 new deliveries every day.
• We forward more than 2 billion pieces of mail a year.
• Process and deliver more than 213 billion pieces of mail — letters, cards, ads, bills, payments and packages — every year.
• Nearly 703 million pieces per day
• More than 29 million pieces per hour
• More than 488,000 pieces per minute
• More than 8,000 pieces per second

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