Data from the Postal Regulatory Commission says Georgia has the nation’s worst mail service. The new numbers show Georgia was ranked dead last for on-time delivery of two-day first-class mail.
The federal report scored Georgia’s postal service 63.7% for on-time performance in Q2 of the 2024 fiscal year, while the national average was 87%. The target performance goal is 93%, according to the Postal Regulatory Commission. In Georgia, for a first-class two-day letter mail delivery, it’s arriving in almost three days.
In May, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff visited the new U.S. Postal Mail Center in Palmetto, Georgia. He says higher-ups are to blame. “This is not on postal workers,” Ossoff said. “Postal workers have tough jobs. This is a question of management.” At a U.S. Senate committee hearing in April, Ossoff revealed statistics showing that only 36% of first-class mail processed at a regional mail processing and distribution center in Palmetto was being delivered on time.
The USPS in Georgia has been under fire for months for lagging mail delivery times. The delays come after the agency opened a new mail processing and distribution facility in Palmetto that has been plagued with problems.
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