FACTS ABOUT THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA

Printing Sales in Illinois ($12.380 billion) and Indiana ($4.556 billion) represents 10.2% of all Printing Sales in the United States ($165.476 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              80,347 printing industry employees

            Indiana              29,077 printing industry employees

            IL & IN              109,424 printing industry employees

            US                  1,083,373 printing industry employees

Ranking Among Other States

Of the 50 states, Illinois ranks second and Indiana thirteenth in print sales and number of printing employees.  Of the 50 states, Illinois ranks third and Indiana fifteenth in number of printing establishments.

Data from the 2006 PIA/GATF Print Market Atlas for year-end 2005