Editing United States Postal Service (section)

==== Declining mail volume ====
First-class mail volume peaked in 2001 to 103.65 billion declining to 52.62 billion by 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/first-class-mail-since-1926.pdf|title=First-Class Mail Volume Since 1926|access-date=July 23, 2018|date=March 2018|publisher=USPS|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212400/https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/first-class-mail-since-1926.pdf|archive-date=July 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> due to the increasing use of email and the World Wide Web for correspondence and business transactions.<ref name="amp">{{cite web| url=http://about.usps.com/streamlining-operations/area-mail-processing.htm| title=USPS – Area Mail Processing| publisher=USPS| year=2009| access-date=August 4, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923173906/http://about.usps.com/streamlining-operations/area-mail-processing.htm| archive-date=September 23, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref> 
Private courier services, such as [[FedEx]] and [[United Parcel Service]] (UPS), directly compete with USPS for the delivery of packages.

Lower volume means lower revenues to support the fixed commitment to deliver to every address once a day, six days a week. According to an official report on November 15, 2012, the U.S. Postal Service lost $15.9&nbsp;billion its 2012 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://about.usps.com/publications/annual-reports/2012/|title=2012 Annual Report to Congress and Comprehensive Statement |website=about.usps.com|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418071107/http://about.usps.com/publications/annual-reports/2012/|archive-date=April 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>