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Post office closures: Where USPS post offices could disappear first

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  • Since the 1960s, over 8,000 post offices have closed across the country, at an average rate of 1,100 per decade.
  • A typical post office serves approximately 12,843 people, while some serve over 110,000 people based on their zip code locations.
  • Of the nearly 40,000 post offices that have existed in the US, just 67% remain operational to this day.
  • At the current rate of closures over the past 60 years, the last post office will shut its doors in 2250 (showing that postal services aren’t going away anytime soon.)
  • Florida has the highest population-to-post office ratio, with every one post office in the Sunshine State serving an average of 51,708 people.

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