Wisconsin Printers — Printing Capital of the USA

Same goes for New York and California. Their economies are way too hulking, and they have the two largest cities: the Big Apple and Los Angeles.

Ranking the Competition

According to PIA/GATF figures, California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas were the top five states for printing sales, based on 2005 numbers. Ohio was ranked sixth, followed by our champion, then Minnesota, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Ohio is an interesting candidate, but lacks a great centerpiece company (with apologies to business forms printer Standard Register) like a Quad and has large cities in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo, while Wisconsin only boasts Milwaukee and Madison.