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United States Postal Service: History, Works & Measurement

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states. It is one of a few government agencies explicitly…

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United States Postal Service topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Works and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around United States Postal Service.

Related topics
217
Source areas
11
Connected nodes
228
Extracted relationships
277
Concept neighborhoods
78
Bridge connections
228

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 85 topics
How delivery services work · 38 topics
History · 20 topics
In fiction · 18 topics
Current operations · 14 topics
Governance and organization · 12 topics
Law enforcement agencies · 10 topics
Financial services · 6 topics
Operation and budget · 6 topics
Employment · 4 topics
Universal service obligation and monopoly status · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Headquarters
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW Washington, D.C. 20260-0004 U.S.
Agency executive
David Steiner, Postmaster General
Employees
640,000 (525,377 career personnel, 114,623 pre-career personnel) as of 2024
Formed
July 1, 1971; 55 years ago (1971-07-01) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Jurisdiction
U.S. federal government
Key document
Postal Clause of the United States Constitution

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Current operations

Operation and budget

Governance and organization

Universal service obligation and monopoly status

Law enforcement agencies

How delivery services work

Financial services

Employment

In fiction

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How United States Postal Service connects Entity context

The extracted context around United States Postal Service shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, United States Postal Service → Abhay, Adelman, Agricultural History, America, America's Political Development, American Journal, American Mail, American Political Development, American Revolution, An American History, Aneja, April, Bergmann, Beyond Going Postal, Bibliography, Book TrailerPriest, Booksurge Publishing, Borehamwood, Business, Carl Another extracted example is United States Postal Service → Board, Governors, Inspector General, OIG, Postal Inspection Service, Prior, Senate, Service Office, The, The OIG, The OIG's, The United States Postal. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

United States Postal Service

Top relations

related to Further reading · 226
United States Postal Service → Abhay, Adelman, Agricultural History, America, America's Political Development, American Journal, American Mail, American Political Development, American Revolution, An American History, Aneja, April, Bergmann, Beyond Going Postal, Bibliography, Book TrailerPriest, Booksurge Publishing, Borehamwood, Business, Carl
related to Office of Inspector General · 12
United States Postal Service → Board, Governors, Inspector General, OIG, Postal Inspection Service, Prior, Senate, Service Office, The, The OIG, The OIG's, The United States Postal
related to Governance and organization · 11
United States Postal Service → Board, Governors, It, Of, Postal Rate Commission, Postal Regulatory Commission, Senate, The, The Board, United States, USPS
related to Employment · 7
United States Postal Service → As, Fortune, Global Fortune, March, Service, The Postal Service, The United States Postal
related to External links · 3
United States Postal Service → Federal Register, Official, States Postal Service
Revenue (2024) · 2
United States Postal Service → $80.5 billion: 1, Revenue (2024) $80.5 billion: 1 Net income (2024) −$9.5 billion: 1
Agency executive · 1
United States Postal Service → David Steiner, Postmaster General
Employees · 1
United States Postal Service → 640,000 (525,377 career personnel, 114,623 pre-career personnel) as of 2024
Formed · 1
United States Postal Service → July 1, 1971; 55 years ago (1971-07-01) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Headquarters · 1
United States Postal Service → 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW Washington, D.C. 20260-0004 U.S.

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

mail postal service usps post delivery office united states services first-class billion new also general would act history packages government

United States Postal Service relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 277 structured relationships around United States Postal Service. Examples in this analysis include United States Postal Service → Agency executive → David Steiner, Postmaster General and United States Postal Service → Employees → 640,000 (525,377 career personnel, 114,623 pre-career personnel) as of 2024. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
United States Postal ServiceAgency executiveDavid Steiner, Postmaster General1.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceEmployees640,000 (525,377 career personnel, 114,623 pre-career personnel) as of 20241.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceFormedJuly 1, 1971; 55 years ago (1971-07-01) Washington, D.C., U.S.1.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceHeadquarters475 L'Enfant Plaza SW Washington, D.C. 20260-0004 U.S.1.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceJurisdictionU.S. federal government1.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceKey documentPostal Clause of the United States Constitution1.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceNet income (2024)−$9.5 billion: 11.00infobox
United States Postal ServicePreceding agencyUnited States Post Office Department1.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceRevenue (2024)Revenue (2024) $80.5 billion: 1 Net income (2024) −$9.5 billion: 11.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceRevenue (2024)$80.5 billion: 11.00infobox
United States Postal ServiceWebsiteusps.com1.00infobox
Arnold Aviation for many decadesinstance ofmail service has been contracted to private firms0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around United States Postal Service bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include United, Postal and States. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • United States Postal Service
    • United
    • Postal
    • States
    • History
    • Service
    • Office
    • Government
    • Post
    • Act
    • Private
    • General
    • Services
  • united states postal service
    • United
    • Service
    • Postal
    • States
    • History
    • Mail
    • Office
    • Government
    • Usps
    • Post
    • Act
    • Private
  • united states federal government
    • United
    • Postal
    • History
    • Service
    • Office
    • Government
    • States
    • Post
    • Private
    • General
    • Services
    • Usps
  • first-class
    • Mail
    • Delivered
    • Packages
    • International
    • Letter
    • Would
    • Services
    • Congress
    • Private
    • Government
    • New
    • Usps
  • associated states
    • United
    • Postal
    • History
    • Service
    • Office
    • Government
    • Post
    • General
    • Usps
    • Mail
    • Private
    • Services
  • constitution of the united states
    • United
    • Postal
    • History
    • Service
    • Office
    • Government
    • Post
    • Private
    • General
    • Services
    • Usps
    • Mail
  • united states post office department
    • United
    • Office
    • Post
    • Offices
    • Postal
    • History
    • Service
    • States
    • Usps
    • Mail
    • Government
    • Boxes
  • universal service obligation
    • United
    • States
    • Mail
    • Delivery
    • Act
    • Usps
    • Services
    • Packages
    • Post
    • Would
    • Office
    • International

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For United States Postal Service, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects United States Postal Service with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
United States Postal Service — Overview · splits 143 ⟂ 86
United States Postal Service — How delivery services work · splits 190 ⟂ 39
United States Postal Service — History · splits 208 ⟂ 21
United States Postal Service — In fiction · splits 210 ⟂ 19
United States Postal Service — Current operations · splits 214 ⟂ 15
United States Postal Service — Governance and organization · splits 216 ⟂ 13
United States Postal Service — Law enforcement agencies · splits 218 ⟂ 11
United States Postal Service — Operation and budget · splits 222 ⟂ 7
United States Postal Service — Financial services · splits 222 ⟂ 7
United States Postal Service — Universal service obligation and monopoly status · splits 224 ⟂ 5
United States Postal Service — Employment · splits 224 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

United States Postal Service

Nodes229
Edges228
Triples277
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008734
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around United States Postal Service to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Works & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — United States Postal Service · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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