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Illinois ZIP Code Map

Download the free 3-digit map. Colour your own 5-digit map online.

A ready-made PDF with ZIP prefixes, highways and towns, or a more detailed map you can make your own. Choose the version that fits your job.

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5-digit ZIP areas?

Open Illinois in our map colouring tool. Pick your colours and click the ZIP areas to build a sales territory, delivery area or service coverage map.

  • 1,244 mapped ZIP areas to colour
  • Add your own map title and colour key
  • Show or hide ZIP labels and place names
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Try it before buying. Map access is needed to save and download your finished map.

Working across state borders? Combine neighbouring states →
Illinois five-digit ZIP boundaries coloured into example territories
Actual ZIP areas from our Illinois map. Example colours, ready for your own territories.

Illinois 3-digit ZIP code map

A simple overview of ZIP prefixes, main highways, towns and cities.

Free Illinois three-digit ZIP prefix map with roads, towns and surrounding-area contextView larger
The preview and free PDF show 3-digit prefixes, not individual 5-digit ZIP areas.

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Download a vector PDF for a clear, scalable map of Illinois and its surroundings. It is useful for an overview in a document, a planning discussion or a printed reference.

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PDF · 3-digit ZIP prefixes · No colouring-tool account needed

Free PDF for your own use. Please retain the GBMaps copyright notice and check our map usage and copyright terms before publishing or redistributing artwork.

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Get the supplied map files for your design work, with formats including PNG, PostScript, PowerPoint, SVG, EPS, PDF, Illustrator, JPG. Check the included files and current price before buying.

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Mapping Illinois

Illinois runs from the Chicago metropolitan area in the northeast to smaller cities and rural areas farther south. Springfield and Carbondale provide reference points away from Chicago, helping make a statewide map useful for more than one market.

The three-digit PDF is a clear starting point for a statewide overview. Use the five-digit tool when you need to distinguish Chicago-area ZIPs, central Illinois sales patches or southern service coverage. You can group ZIP areas into your own territories without suggesting that those colours represent counties or city limits.

Estimated residents
12,719,141US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025
Square miles of land
55,513.18US Census Bureau, 2020 measurement
Residents per square mile
230.8US Census Bureau, 2020 population density
Mapped 5-digit ZIP areas
1,244Areas in our colouring-map dataset
Which Illinois map do I need?
What you want to doBest place to start
Download a ready-made ZIP and road overviewFree 3-digit PDF
Edit map artwork in a design package3-digit map-files bundle
Colour individual ZIP areas and add a key5-digit ZIP colouring tool
Make one territory map across state bordersMulti-state map chooser

Illinois ZIP map questions

Is the free Illinois ZIP code map 3-digit or 5-digit?

The free PDF and the map preview show three-digit ZIP prefixes, main roads and place names. A prefix groups codes by their first three digits. To colour individual five-digit ZIP areas, open the separate Illinois map in our online colouring tool.

Can I try the five-digit map before buying?

Yes. Load the map and try colouring areas, adding a key and changing the labels before buying access. Saving and downloading your finished map require the relevant map access. The free three-digit PDF download on this page is separate and does not require colouring-tool access.

Can I edit the map artwork?

The free PDF is a vector map for a clear view at different sizes. For supplied editable artwork and other formats, follow the editable-artwork section on this page. Check the available files and licence before buying; map files are separate from access to the online colouring tool.

Can I combine Illinois with other states?

Yes. Open the state chooser and select up to three states that form a connected group. Each state must connect to the group, but does not have to touch every other selected state. Load and customise the combined map before buying. You can buy the selected states together, one state or access to all 50. Alaska may be added separately within the same three-state limit.

How should I prepare ZIP codes in a spreadsheet?

Keep the ZIP column as text with all five characters. Some US ZIP codes start with zero: for example, 02108 must not become 2108. Keeping the column as text prevents a spreadsheet from removing a leading zero before you import your codes into the colouring tool.

Are ZIP areas the same as counties or town boundaries?

No. ZIP codes are used for mail delivery; counties and municipalities are different geographies. Our colouring-tool dataset contains 1244 mapped ZIP areas for Illinois. That is a count of areas in this map, not a total of every USPS delivery code, PO Box or unique organisation code.

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Illinois 3-digit ZIP map

Enlarged Illinois three-digit ZIP map

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