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2012 Report on Form 10-K United States Postal Service- 16 -
ITEM 1B – UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 2 — PROPERTIES
REAL ESTATE
Facilities range in size from 60 square feet to 32 acres under one roof and support retail, delivery, mail processing,
maintenance, administrative, and support activities.
The following table summarizes our real estate inventory and annual rent expense.
Real Estate Inventory
(Actual numbers) 2012 2011
Leased Facilities 23,998 24,309
Owned Facilities
8,644
300 307
Total Real Estate Inventory 32,904 33,260
Annual Rent Paid to Landlords (Dollars in millions) $ 979 $ 998
GSA / Other Government Facilities
USAGE OF FACILITIES
Facilities that support postal retail and delivery operations are located in virtually every community throughout the country.
In addition to the 31,857 retail and delivery facilities that we operate, postal retail services are available in thousands of
commercial locations owned and operated by private businesses. These include more than 3,500 Contract Postal Units,
Community Post Offices, and Village Post Offices, 4,000 approved shipper locations, plus over 64,000 supermarkets,
pharmacies, and other stores that sell postage stamps as a convenience to our customers.
The following types of facilities, as detailed in the table below, comprise our postal retail and delivery operations.
Postal-Managed Retail and Delivery Facilities
(Actual numbers) 2012 2011
Post Offices 26,755 26,927
Classified Stations 3,110 3,154
Classified Branches 1,407 1,428
Carrier Annexes 585 637
31,857 32,146
Total Postal-Managed Retail and Delivery Facilities