Postal Money Orders Processed by the Federal Reserve

The daily average volume and average daily value of items are based on the number of business days in each year.1

                                                                      Average
                                                Average    Average   value per
                                                 daily      daily     postal
          Volume   Volume    Value     Value    volume      value      money
         (millions percent (billions  percent (thousands  (millions    order
  Year   of items) change  of dollars change   of items) of dollars) (dollars)
  2023      62      -4.2       20       0.3       248        78         315
  2022      65      -7.7       19      -3.4       259        78         301
  2021      70      -5.0       20      -1.9       278        80         288
  2020      74      -8.3       21      -4.0       288        80         269
  2019      80      -2.8       21       1.8       320        85         266
  2018      83      -2.8       21       1.7       330        84         254
  2017      85      -3.3       21       0.0       341        83         243
  2016      88      -4.0       21      -0.4       351        82         235
  2015      92      -3.3       21      -0.7       365        83         226
  2014      95      -6.3       21      -6.1       378        83         220
  2013     101      -5.9       22       1.5       403        89         220
  2012     108      -4.8       22      -1.3       429        87         204
  2011     113      -6.6       22      -4.3       450        89         197
  2010     121      -7.8       23      -2.0       480        92         192
  2009     131      -10.1      24      -7.3       521        94         180
  2008     146      -10.9      26      -19.2      579        101        175
  2007     164      -4.2       32      12.7       653        126        193
  2006     171      -3.1       28      -1.2       681        112        164
  2005     176      -5.6       28      -2.2       703        113        161
  2004     187      -5.7       29      -0.5       739        115        155
  2003     198      -8.4       29      -3.2       790        116        147
  2002     216      -5.6       30      -1.0       862        120        139
  2001     229      -0.3       30       1.4       914        121        133
  2000     230       1.9       30       3.2       913        119        131
  1999     226       6.2       29       2.3       896        116        129
  1998     213       4.4       28       7.6       844        113        134
  1997     204      -1.0       26       2.5       812        105        130
  1996     206       1.3       26       4.0       816        103        126
  1995     203       1.5       25       4.5       809        99         122
  1994     200       4.2       24       7.0       797        95         119
  1993     192       6.1       22      10.0       762        88         116
  1992     181       8.9       20      14.0       715        80         112
  1991     166       2.6       18       7.5       662        71         107
  1990     162       9.9       16      15.4       645        66         102
  1989     147       2.1       14       7.7       587        57         97

1Values are subject to minor changes based on revisions to underlying data.