Research Resource: U.S. Postal Service Statistics on Postage Rates, Employees, and Delivery Points

July 1, 2009Written by Kevin R. Kosar

The U.S. Postal Service’s Historian has produced these data compilations:

Rates for Domestic Letters, 1863-2009 (pdf) (rtf)
Rates for Domestic Letters, 1792-1863 (pdf) (rtf)
Rates for Stamped Cards and Postcards, 1873-2009 (pdf) (rtf)
Pieces of Mail Handled, Number of Post Offices, Income, and Expenses, 1789 to 2008 (pdf) (htm)
Number of Employees, 1926 to 2008 (pdf) (rtf)
Delivery Points, 1990 to 2008, in Millions (pdf) (htm)

Source: U.S. Postal Service, Historian, Postage Rates and Historical Statistics.