ZIP codes in Shelby County

22 ZIPs touch Shelby County, Illinois. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.

22

ZIP codes

16

cross the county line

59,384

people in these ZIPs

102

counties in IL

Most people

Shelby County ZIP list

Questions people actually ask

How many ZIP codes are in Shelby County, Illinois?

22 ZIP codes reach into Shelby County. 16 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.

Which ZIP code in Shelby County has the most people?

62401 (Effingham) has about 19,273 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Shelby County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

Can a ZIP code be in Shelby County and another county?

Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Shelby County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.

Where does this list come from?

ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.

Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from