Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 19, 2018
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
December 19, 2018: Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s this year, the U.S. Postal Service expects to ship 900 million packages and 15 billion pieces of first-class mail.[1] Approximately 200 million packages will be sent this week alone, the busiest week of the year for the Postal Service.
For all last-minute shoppers, the Postal Service says tomorrow—December 20—is the last day to send first-class mail and packages to arrive in time for Christmas. If you want to cut it a bit closer, you can wait two extra days and use Priority Mail Express.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- December 18, 2018 – 0.4% of American workers are paid the federal minimum wage
- December 17, 2018 – 3 percent of Americans live in chronic poverty
- December 14, 2018 – 245 years ago today, the Body of the People met to discuss the “tea crisis”
- December 13, 2018 – 18% have not started holiday shopping yet
- December 12, 2018 – 95 percent of young teens have access to a smartphone
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