FACTS ABOUT THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA

Printing Sales in Illinois ($9.39 billion) and Indiana ($3.26 billion) represents 9% of all Printing Sales in the United States ($140.675 billion).

The printing industry is defined as those firms engaged primarily in commercial printing, business forms, bookprinting, bookbinding, printing trade services, engraving and platemaking, blankbooks, and binders.  It does not include firms engaged primarily in publishing, photocopying, or duplication.

The printing industry is one of our country’s largest manufacturing employers

            Illinois              60,485 printing industry employees

            Indiana            21,154 printing industry employees

            IL & IN             81,639 printing industry employees

            US                  909,179 printing industry employees

Ranking Among Other States

Of the 50 states, Illinois ranks third and Indiana thirteenth in the number of printing employees, third and twelfth in number of establishments and fourth and fourteenth in annual sales.

Chicago remains the print capital of the country with $6.9 billion in annual shipments.

Data from the 2010 Printing Industries of America Print Market Atlas for year-end 2009