North Carolina area codes
North Carolina has 10 area codes in service: 252, 336, 472, 704, 743, 828, 910, 919, 980 and 984.
- 8 of the 10 share their area with at least one other North Carolina code through an overlay. The table shows which.
- Newest: 472, in service since Oct 7, 2022.
- Oldest: 704, in service since 1947.
- A local call is usually dialed with 10 digits in 8 of North Carolina's 10 codes, and with 7 digits in 252 and 828: the predominant pattern NANPA records for each code.
- The registry shows relief planning has begun for 828. Relief planning is NANPA's process for an area code projected to run out of numbers, and it generally ends with a new area code being introduced.
This is public numbering-plan data from NANPA, reproduced as its registry records it. It is not ours, and an area code says where a number was assigned, not where the person holding it lives.
Source: North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), NPA Database (CSV file at reports.nanpa.com), registry file date 07/30/2026.
Every North Carolina area code in the registry
In numeric order, as the NANPA registry file dated 07/30/2026 lists them. An overlay code serves the same area as the code it was laid over.
| Area code | In service since | Overlaid with | Local calls dialed with |
|---|---|---|---|
| 252 | Mar 22, 1998 | None | 7 digits |
| 336 | Dec 15, 1997 | 743 | 10 digits |
| 472 | Oct 7, 2022 | 910 | 10 digits |
| 704 | 1947 | 980 | 10 digits |
| 743 | May 23, 2016 | 336 | 10 digits |
| 828 | Mar 22, 1998 | None | 7 digits |
| 910 | Nov 14, 1993 | 472 | 10 digits |
| 919 | 1954 | 984 | 10 digits |
| 980 | Apr 1, 2001 | 704 | 10 digits |
| 984 | Apr 30, 2012 | 919 | 10 digits |
Two codes are shown as overlaid only where each code's own registry row lists the other. The registry's rows occasionally disagree, and where they do the pairing is left out rather than guessed. The dialing column is the predominant pattern NANPA records for a local call within the same code.
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