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Article: Mid-Atlantic Region. (The Geography of Print)
- Article from:
- Graphic Arts Monthly
- Article date:
- September 1, 1990
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The three Mid-Atlantic states are a pretty good match for each other. New York is the biggest by any measure (square miles, population, printing sites, traffic jam density, etc.), but all three are in the top 10 by population: New York ranks second with 17.8 million people, Pennsylvania fourth with 11.9 million, and New jersey ninth with 7.6 million. This has traditionally been a major printing industry hub, and still is. The commercial printing industry in these states produces an annual $13 billion in sales and employs more than 150,000 people. Furthermore, except for New York, the industry seems to be growing in the Mid-Atlantic'
SeemS iS the operative word. ...