10/89Average number of mail carriers that are bitten by dogs each day: 9

U.S. Postal Service

6/94Change, since 1987, in the number of pieces of business mail delivered by the U.S. Postal Service: -10,000,000

U.S. Postal Service

1/90Average increase, since 1980, in the amount of junk mail an American receives each year, in pounds: 17

U.S. Postal Service/U.S. Census Bureau

8/92Number of U.S. Postal Service employees murdered by their colleagues since 1983: 30

U.S. Postal Service

11/94Pieces of undelivered mail found in the trunk of a car belonging to a Chicago postman last spring: 3,000

U.S. Postal Service (Chicago)