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IL · Capital Springfield · 102 counties · Central time · Letter or A4
Printable Illinois map
Illinois printed on one page, with Springfield as capital, Chicago and the other large cities, and the borders of its 102 counties between the Mississippi and the Wabash.
What prints
The Illinois sheet shows the state's tapered outline, widest along the Wisconsin line at 42.5°N and narrowing to the point where the Ohio meets the Mississippi at Cairo. Its 102 counties print as fine grey lines; the rectangular counties of the prairie interior contrast with the irregular river counties along the Mississippi, Illinois and Wabash. Springfield carries the capital star in the centre of the state. The Major cities layer adds Chicago on the Lake Michigan shore, Aurora and Joliet in its western and southern suburbs, Naperville, and Rockford on the Rock River in the north. The map is vector, so a Letter, A4 or Tabloid print is equally sharp, and the Chicago-area county borders (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane) stay legible even though they are the smallest on the page.
Page orientation
Illinois runs about 390 miles north to south and roughly 210 miles across at its widest, so portrait is the right choice. In portrait the state takes the full height of an A4 or Letter sheet and the southern tip near Cairo is not lost against the bottom edge. Landscape would leave large blank areas on either side and would make the crowded northeast, where six large cities sit within 100 miles of each other, difficult to read. Print at 100 percent scale; do not use "fit to page" if you want the county borders drawn at full line weight.
What is labeled
- The state name and IL, toggled with the Abbreviations button.
- Springfield, the capital, in Sangamon County.
- Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville and Rockford on the Major cities layer.
- All 102 county borders, from Jo Daviess in the northwest corner to Alexander at the southern tip.
- The Mississippi River border with Iowa and Missouri, the Ohio River border with Kentucky, the Wabash River section of the Indiana border, and the straight Wisconsin line.
Because county names are not printed, the page works as a quiz sheet: mark Cook County, find Sangamon around the capital, trace the Illinois River from its mouth near Grafton up to the Chicago area. Check answers on the Illinois county map. For a plain outline with nothing marked, use the blank Illinois map.
Key: capital and largest cities
| Place | Note | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | State capital, Sangamon County | 39.8°N | 89.7°W |
| Chicago | Largest city, Lake Michigan shore | 41.9°N | 87.6°W |
| Aurora | Fox River, west of Chicago | 41.8°N | 88.3°W |
| Joliet | Des Plaines River, southwest of Chicago | 41.5°N | 88.1°W |
| Naperville | DuPage and Will counties | 41.8°N | 88.2°W |
| Rockford | Rock River, northern Illinois | 42.3°N | 89.1°W |
Related maps
- Blank Illinois map — the same outline with every label removed.
- Illinois map — the interactive page with borders, geography and regions.
- Illinois county map — all 102 counties with seats.
- Springfield — why the capital is not Chicago.
- Chicago — the city map with nearby cities and distances.
- Mississippi River and Ohio River — the two rivers that draw most of the Illinois border.
- All printable US maps — national sheets: labeled, capitals, regions, time zones, rivers.