List of California area codes

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

List of California area codes

This is a list of area codes in California and when they were created:

Discussion

Ask a question about 'List of California area codes'

Start a new discussion about 'List of California area codes'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

This is a list of area codes in California and when they were created:

209
Area code 209

North American area code 209 is a California telephone area code which covers Stockton, California, Merced, California, Manteca, California, Tracy, California, Modesto, California, Sonora, California, San Andreas, California, as well as parts of the California Central Valley, the San Joaquin Valley, and the Sierra Foothills....
- Stockton
Stockton, California

Stockton is a city in California and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California . Stockton's population estimate for January 1, 2008, according to the California Department of Finance, is 290,141....
, Modesto
Modesto, California

Modesto is the county seat of Stanislaus County, California. As of January 1, 2008 the estimated population is 209,936. Its population has boomed for the last decade, becoming the sixteenth largest city in the state and the sixth largest inland city in the state behind Stockton, California, Bakersfield, Riverside, California, Sacramento, and...
, Merced
Merced, California

Merced [m?'s?d], is the county seat of Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. As of 2007, the city had a total population of 80,608....
; the northern San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
and the central Sierra Nevada range. (January 1, 1958)
213
Area code 213

North American area code 213 is a California telephone area code which was one of the first three area codes created in California in October 1947....
- Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolis area....
, surrounded by 323 (October, 1947)
310
Area code 310

North American telephone area codes 310 and 424 are the California telephone area code which are roughly coterminous with the Los Angeles Westside and South Bay, Los Angeles areas of Los Angeles County, including offshore Santa Catalina Island, California, located 40 km south of the mainland portion of Los Angeles County, California....
- Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles ? Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on the north, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California on the northeast...
, Malibu
Malibu, California

Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population is 12,575....
, Torrance
Torrance, California

Torrance is a city located in the South Bay, Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city's population was 138,000 compared to 142,000 in 2005....
, Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood, California are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, California....
, Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island, California

Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. state of California....
; the southwestern portion of Los Angeles County (November 2, 1991); overlaid
Overlay plan

In telephony, especially in NANP, an overlay plan is the practice of introducing a new area code by applying it onto a geography area that is already occupied by one or more existing area codes, resulting in two area codes serving the same area....
by 424 (August 26, 2006)
323
Area code 323

North American area code 323 is a state of California telephone area code which covers, roughly, the area of central Los Angeles, California . 323 also includes Hollywood, California....
- the Hollywood and Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California

Eagle Rock is an artistic and affluent hilly neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles, California, California, United States. It is bordered by the city of Glendale, California on the north and west, Highland Park, Los Angeles, California on the south, and the cities of Pasadena, California and South Pasadena on the east....
districts of Los Angeles, Florence
Florence-Graham, California

Florence-Graham is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 60,197 at the 2000 census....
, Montebello
Montebello, California

Montebello is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62,150....
and East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles, California

East Los Angeles is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the area had a total population of 124,283....
; a "ring" around downtown Los Angeles and the 213 Area Code (June 13 ,1998)
408
Area code 408

North American area code 408 is a telephone area code in California that includes Gilroy, Morgan Hill, California, Saratoga, California, Los Gatos, California, Monte Sereno, California, Milpitas, California, Sunnyvale, California, Santa Clara, California, Cupertino, California, and San Jose, California....
- San Jose
San Jose, California

San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....
, Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, California

Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley....
, Gilroy
Gilroy, California

Gilroy is the southernmost city in Santa Clara County, California, California, USA. According to the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 41,464....
, Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill, California

Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, USA. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Francisco, California who built a country retreat home there in 1884....
, and Los Gatos
Los Gatos, California

Los Gatos is an List of cities in California in Santa Clara County, California, California, United States. The population was 28,592 at the 2000 census....
; most of Santa Clara County (January 1, 1959)
415
Area code 415

Area code 415 is the telephone area code for San Francisco, California, as well as portions of neighboring Brisbane, California and Daly City, California; and Marin County , in the state of California, USA....
- San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
, San Rafael
San Rafael, California

San Rafael , is the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area....
, Novato
Novato, California

Novato is a city located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in northern Marin County, California. As of a 2000 census, the city population was 47,630....
; all of San Francisco County, most of Marin County and a small portion of northern San Mateo County (October 1947)
424 - Overlay
Overlay plan

In telephony, especially in NANP, an overlay plan is the practice of introducing a new area code by applying it onto a geography area that is already occupied by one or more existing area codes, resulting in two area codes serving the same area....
to 310
Area code 310

North American telephone area codes 310 and 424 are the California telephone area code which are roughly coterminous with the Los Angeles Westside and South Bay, Los Angeles areas of Los Angeles County, including offshore Santa Catalina Island, California, located 40 km south of the mainland portion of Los Angeles County, California....
(see above) (August 26, 2006)
510
Area code 510

North American area code 510 is a California telephone area code which covers most eastern Bay Area cities in Alameda County, including the city of Oakland, California , and parts of Contra Costa County....
- Oakland
Oakland, California

Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
, Fremont
Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, California; it was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: #Centerville, #Irvington, #Mission San Jose, #Niles, and #Warm Springs....
, Hayward
Hayward, California

Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, California. The sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, it is one of the larger suburbs of Oakland, California....
, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
and Richmond
Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905., El Cerrito Historical Society, June 2007, retrieved August 15, 2007 It is located in the East Bay , part of the San Francisco Bay Area....
; western Alameda and Contra Costa Counties (September 2, 1991)
530
Area code 530

North American area code 530 is a California telephone area code that covers Auburn, California, Chico, California, Colfax, California, Davis, California, Grass Valley, California, Marysville, California, Oroville, California, Placerville, California, Redding, California, Red Bluff, California, Susanville, California, Truckee, California, Wo...
- Chico
Chico, California

Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, California, United States. The population was 59,954 at the 2000 United States Census and has since grown to 86,949 according to the California Department of Finance 2008 Population Estimate....
, Redding
Redding, California

Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total population of 80,865 and has grown to approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations....
, Marysville
Marysville, California

Marysville is the county seat of Yuba County, California, California, United States. The population was 12,268 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area and is often affectionately referred to as the Yuba-Sutter Area after the two counties, Yuba and Sutter....
, Red Bluff
Red Bluff, California

Red Bluff is the county seat of Tehama County, California. As of the 2000 census, the incorporated city had a total population of 13,147, but it is currently estimated at 26,000 due to recent annexations....
, Oroville
Oroville, California

Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 13,004 at the United States 2000 census, and is one of the faster growing towns in California, with an 11.9% increase in population from 2000 to June 2007....
, Placerville
Placerville, California

Placerville is the county seat of El Dorado County, California. The population was 9,610 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sacramento, California–Arden-Arcade, California–Roseville, California Sacramento metropolitan area....
, Truckee
Truckee, California

Truckee is an List of cities in California in Nevada County, California, California, United States. The population was 13,864 at the 2000 census....
; northwestern California including most of the Sacramento Valley
Sacramento Valley

The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the Sacramento Delta in the U.S. state of California....
, the northern Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe is a large Fresh water lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. It is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada....
region (November 1, 1997)
559
Area code 559

Area code 559 is an area code in the state of California that was created on November 14, 1998, when the southern half of the area code 209 reached full capacity....
- Fresno
Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County, California, and the second largest inland city in the state, after San Jose, California....
, Visalia
Visalia, California

Visalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California?s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately southeast of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles....
, Madera
Madera, California

Madera is a city in and the county seat of Madera County, California, California, United States. It is a principal city of the Madera–Chowchilla, California Metropolitan Statistical Area,which encompasses all of Madera County....
, Hanford
Hanford, California

Hanford is an important commercial and cultural center in the south central San Joaquin Valley and is the county seat of Kings County, California....
; the central San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
and the southern Sierra Nevada range (November 14, 1998)
562
Area code 562

Area code 562 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 310 on January 25, 1997. It is the Telephone numbering plan for much of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County, California, including Long Beach, California and surrounding cities such as Cerritos, California, Lakewood, California, Pico Riv...
- Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
, Norwalk
Norwalk, California

Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 103,298 at the 2000 census.Founded in the late 1800s, Norwalk was incorporated in as a city in 1957....
, Lakewood
Lakewood, California

Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 79,345 at the 2000 census. It is bordered by Long Beach, California on the west and south, Bellflower, California on the north, Cerritos, California on the northeast, Cypress, California on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens, California on the sout...
, Bellflower
Bellflower, California

Bellflower is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States, and is a suburb of Los Angeles. It was incorporated on September 3, 1957....
, Cerritos
Cerritos, California

Cerritos is a charter city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County....
, Whittier
Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680....
; southeast Los Angeles County and a small portion of coastal Orange County
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
(January 25, 1997)
619
Area code 619

North American area code 619 is a California telephone area code which was split from area code 714 on November 5, 1982. This area code currently covers the southern half of the city of San Diego, California and its eastern and southern suburbs....
- Downtown San Diego
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
, Chula Vista
Chula Vista, California

Chula Vista is a city in southern San Diego County, California, California, United States. Based on California Department of Finance estimates for January 1, 2007, the population was 227,723, making it the second largest city in San Diego County, the 14th largest in the State of California, and List of United States cities by population....
, National City
National City, California

National City is a city in San Diego County, California, California, United States. The population was 54,260 at the 2000 census. National City is the second oldest city in San Diego County with a historic past....
, Imperial Beach
Imperial Beach, California

Imperial Beach is a city in San Diego County, California, California, United States. The population was 26,992 at the 2000 census.Every year the city holds the annual Sand Castles event, which draws about 400,000 people over three days....
; southern San Diego County (January 1, 1982)
626
Area code 626

Telephone numbering plan 626 covers most of the San Gabriel Valley and nearby areas in the northeastern portion of Los Angeles County, California, including Arcadia, California, Monrovia, California, El Monte, California, most of Pasadena, California and West Covina, California....
- Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
, El Monte
El Monte, California

El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States, and is a suburb of Los Angeles. The city's slogans are "the end of the Santa Fe Trail" and "Welcome to Friendly El Monte." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 115,965....
, West Covina
West Covina, California

West Covina is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, California. Located some 20 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, it is a suburb of Los Angeles....
; the San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley

The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, California, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire ....
and eastern suburbs of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
(June 14, 1997)
650
Area code 650

North American area code 650 is a California telephone area code which includes most of San Mateo County, California and the extreme northwestern portion of Santa Clara County, California including Palo Alto, California, Mountain View, California, and Los Altos, California....
- San Mateo
San Mateo, California

San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame, California to the north, Foster City, California to the east, and Belmont, California to the south....
, Palo Alto
Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States....
, Redwood City
Redwood City, California

Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County, California....
, Daly City
Daly City, California

Daly City is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with a 2000 population of 103,621. It is named in honor of businessman and landowner, John Donald Daly....
; most of San Mateo County and northwestern Santa Clara County (i.e. the San Francisco Peninsula
San Francisco Peninsula

The San Francisco Peninsula in California separates the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the city of San Francisco....
with the exception of the city and county of San Francisco) (August 2, 1997)
657 - Anaheim
Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of January 1, 2008, the city population was about 346,823, making it the 10th most-populated city in California and ranked 54th in the United States....
, Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
, Orange
Orange, California

The City of Orange is located in Orange County, California, United States. It is approximately 3 miles north of the county seat, Santa Ana, California....
, Garden Grove
Garden Grove, California

Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, California, United States. In 2004, the city's population was 170,000. California State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city running east-west....
; northern and western Orange County
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
(overlay with 714
Area code 714

North American area codes 657 and 714 are California telephone area codes which encompass northern Orange County, California, a portion of Los Angeles County, California, and portions of Chino Hills, California in San Bernardino County, California....
) (September 23, 2008)
661
Area code 661

California area code 661 covers the majority of California's Kern County, California, as well as part of Los Angeles County, California and Tulare County, California....
- Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield is a large city at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California, California, United States. It is one of the fastest-growing large-population cities in the USA, and is located roughly equidistant between Los Angeles and Fresno, California, to the south and north respectively....
, Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita, California

Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The California Department of Finance estimated the city population as of January 1, 2008 at 177,045....
, Palmdale
Palmdale, California

Palmdale is a city located in the northeast reaches of Los Angeles County, California, United States.The first community within the Antelope Valley to incorporate as a city , Palmdale is separated from Los Angeles, California by the San Gabriel Mountains range....
; northern Los Angeles County including the Antelope Valley and most of Kern County
Kern County, California

Kern County is a county located in the southern California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Indian Wells Valley, and the Antelope Valley, and has an area larger than the state of Connec...
, including the southern San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
(February 13, 1999)
707
Area code 707

North American area code 707 is a California telephone area code which covers Napa, California, Sebastopol, California, Vallejo, California, Benicia, California, Fairfield, California, Santa Rosa, California, Petaluma, California, Fort Bragg, California, Crescent City, California, Eureka, California, Clearlake, California, Vacaville, Califor...
- Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. As of January 1, 2007, the population of Santa Rosa was approximately 157,985 residents....
, Eureka
Eureka, California

Eureka is the county seat and principal city in Humboldt County, California, California, United States. Located adjacent to Humboldt Bay , the city is situated near extensive preserves of the world's tallest trees - the Sequoia....
, Petaluma
Petaluma, California

Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, California, in the United States. It is estimated that the 2006 population was 54,660Located in Petaluma is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark....
, Napa
Napa, California

Napa is the county seat of Napa County, California, California. It is the principal city of the Napa county Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Napa county....
, Vallejo
Vallejo, California

Vallejo is the largest city in Solano County, California, California, United States. The population was 116,760 at the 2000 United States Census....
, Fairfield
Fairfield, California

Fairfield is a city located in the northeastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States . It is approximately from both San Francisco, California and Sacramento, California, approximately from Oakland, California, and less than from Napa Valley AVA....
; northwestern California, including the northern Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay Bays in Northern California....
, the Redwood Empire and the Wine Country (January 1, 1959)
714 - Anaheim
Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of January 1, 2008, the city population was about 346,823, making it the 10th most-populated city in California and ranked 54th in the United States....
, Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
, Orange
Orange, California

The City of Orange is located in Orange County, California, United States. It is approximately 3 miles north of the county seat, Santa Ana, California....
, Garden Grove
Garden Grove, California

Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, California, United States. In 2004, the city's population was 170,000. California State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city running east-west....
; northern and western Orange County
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
(Overlay with Area code 657) (January 1, 1951)
747
Area code 747

Area code 747 and Area code 818 are California telephone North American Numbering Plan consisting largely of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California....
- Will overlay
Overlay plan

In telephony, especially in NANP, an overlay plan is the practice of introducing a new area code by applying it onto a geography area that is already occupied by one or more existing area codes, resulting in two area codes serving the same area....
818, effective May 18, 2009.
760
Area code 760

Image:Area_code_760.png|right|Map of California area codes in blue with 760 in redrect 65 82 92 100 Area code 916rect 220 242 245 256 Area code 909...
- Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, California, approximately 111 miles east of Los Angeles, California and 136 miles northeast of San Diego, California....
, Oceanside
Oceanside, California

Oceanside is the third-largest city in San Diego County, California, California, United States. The city has a population of 173,303. Together with Vista, California and Carlsbad, California, it forms a "Tri-City area." The city is located just south of Camp Pendleton, the busiest military base in the United States....
, Bishop
Bishop, California

Bishop is a city in Inyo County, California, California, USA. The population was 3,575 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Bishop Creek , flowing out of the Sierra Nevada : the creek was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, a settler in the Owens Valley....
, Ridgecrest
Ridgecrest, California

Ridgecrest was incorporated as a city in 1963. Formerly known as Crumville. It is located in the Indian Wells Valley, California in northeastern Kern County, California adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake....
, Barstow
Barstow, California

Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. The population was 21,119 at the 2000 census.Barstow is a major regional transportation center....
, El Centro
El Centro, California

El Centro is the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States and the largest city in the Imperial Valley , the region east of San Diego....
, Needles
Needles, California

Needles is a city located on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California, California. It is located in Mojave Valley, which straddles the California-Arizona border....
; northern San Diego County
San Diego County, California

San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The state of California estimates San Diego County's population as of 2008 to be 3,146,274 people, making it the second most populous county in California, ahead of its northwestern neighbor Orange County, California....
, and southeastern California, including much of the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert , , locally referred to as the High Desert, occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona, in the United States....
and the Owens Valley
Owens Valley

Owens Valley is the arid valley of the Owens River in Eastern California in the United States. The valley is approximately long, trending north-south, and is bounded by the Inyo Mountains on the east, on the southeast by the Coso Range, on the south by Rose Valley, on the west by the Sierra Nevada , and on the north by Chalfant Valley....
(March 22, 1997)
805
Area code 805

Area code 805 is a California telephone area code. Area code 805 includes most or all of the California counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California, and Ventura County, California, plus southernmost portions of Monterey County, and a small portion of Los Angeles County....
- Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the only such section on the west coast, between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea, and having a Mediterranean climate, it is called California's "South Coast", and is also sometimes referred to...
, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast, California. The city, referred to locally as "SLO" or "San Luis", is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University ....
, Ventura
Ventura, California

San Buenaventura, commonly referred to as Ventura, is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. Ventura has a population of 106,744....
, Oxnard
Oxnard, California

Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County, California, California in terms of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is one of the world's most important agricultural centers, with its distinction as the strawberry and lima bean capital....
, Santa Maria
Santa Maria, California

Santa Maria is the largest city in Santa Barbara County, California. According to the California State Department of Finance, Santa Maria's estimated population of 91,110 has surpassed that of Santa Barbara, California, making it the largest city in the county....
, Santa Paula
Santa Paula, California

Santa Paula is a city within Ventura County, California, California, United States. The population was 28,598 at the 2000 census. It has been dubbed the "Citrus Capital of the World." As the initial headquarters of the Unocal, Santa Paula was one of the early centers of California's enormous petroleum industry....
; southwest Central Coast, including San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties (January 1, 1957)
818
Area code 818

Area code 747 and Area code 818 are California telephone North American Numbering Plan consisting largely of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California....
- Glendale
Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
, Burbank
Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 100,316 at the United States Census, 2000.Burbank is located in the eastern region of the San Fernando Valley, north of Downtown Los Angeles, California....
, the North Hollywood
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California....
, Van Nuys
Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California

Van Nuys is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. The TV show Beverly Hills 90210 was filmed on a set in Van Nuys....
, Panorama City
Panorama City, Los Angeles, California

Panorama City is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California....
, Sherman Oaks
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California

Sherman Oaks is an district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. In contrast to much of the Valley, the area is relatively urban area, with commercial skyscrapers along Ventura Boulevard as well as scattered throughout....
and Northridge
Northridge, Los Angeles, California

Northridge is a community in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.The 1994 Northridge Earthquake is named for the community based on early estimates of the location of the quake's epicenter; however further refinements showed it to be technically in neighboring Reseda, Los Angeles, California....
districts of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
; the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in Southern California, United States. More than half of the city of Los Angeles' land area lies within the San Fernando Valley....
(January 7, 1984)
831
Area code 831

California's area code 831 is a North American Numbering Plan which covers Salinas, California, Hollister, California, Monterey, California, Santa Cruz, California and the northern Central Coast, California....
- Salinas
Salinas, California

Salinas is the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County, California in the U.S. state of California. The most current estimate from the California Department of Finance, places the 2006 population at 148,350, showing a small decline since 2000....
, Monterey
Monterey, California

The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific Ocean coast in Central California. As of 2005, the city population was 30,641....
, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California, California in the United States of America. As of the United States Census, 2000, Santa Cruz had a total population of 54,593....
, and Hollister
Hollister, California

Hollister is a city in and the county seat of San Benito County, California, California, United States. The population was 34,413 at the United States Census, 2000....
; the northern Central Coast (July 11, 1998)
858
Area code 858

North American area code 858 is located in San Diego County, California and covers the inner northern suburbs of San Diego, California and the northern half of the city proper, including the areas of Del Mar, California, Poway, California, La Jolla, San Diego, California, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, Clairemont, San Diego, California...
- Del Mar
Del Mar, California

Del Mar is a city in San Diego County, California, California, United States. The population was 4,389 at the 2000 census. The San Diego County Fair is hosted on the Del Mar Fairgrounds every summer....
, La Jolla, Poway
Poway, California

Poway is a city in San Diego County, California, California, United States. As of the latest 2000 United States Census the city had a population of 48,044....
and the northern portion of the city of San Diego
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
; west-central San Diego County (June 12, 1999)
909
Area code 909

North American Area code 909 is a California telephone area code which was split from area code 714 on November 14 ,1992. Western Riverside County was split off from 909 into area code 951 on July 17, 2004....
- San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010....
, Ontario
Ontario, California

Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 170,373....
, Pomona
Pomona, California

Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County . As of the 2000 census, the city population was 149,473. In 2005, its population was estimated as 160,815 ....
, and Chino
Chino, California

Chino is a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. The population was 67,168 at the 2000 census.Chino and its surroundings have long been a center of agriculture and dairy farming, serving the considerable demands for milk products in Southern California and much of the southwestern United States....
; eastern Los Angeles County and southwestern San Bernardino County (November 14, 1992)
916
Area code 916

North American area code 916 is a state of California telephone area code which was one of the first three original area codes established in California in October, 1947....
- Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, Folsom
Folsom, California

Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, California, United States. Folsom is most commonly known by its famous Folsom Prison. As of 2007, the State of California's estimate of Folsom's population is 70,835....
, Roseville
Roseville, California

Roseville is a city in Placer County, California, California, United States, located in the Sacramento metropolitan area of Sacramento, California....
; most of Sacramento County
Sacramento County, California

Sacramento County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, California, the state capital....
and southern Placer County
Placer County, California

Placer County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento, California to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border....
(October 1947)
925
Area code 925

In the North American Numbering Plan , area code 925 is an area code that covers the inland portions of the East Bay counties of Alameda County, California and Contra Costa County, California in central California....
- Concord
Concord, California

Concord is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,780....
, Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek, California

Walnut Creek is a community located 16 miles east of the city of Oakland. It lies in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as neighboring Concord, California, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the neighboring cities within central Contra Costa County, California, due in part to its...
, Livermore
Livermore, California

Livermore is a city in Alameda County, California, California, United States. The population was 73,345 at the 2000 United States Census, but estimated by city officials to be presently in 100,000 + ....
, Pleasanton
Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a major suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, California, and 6 miles west of Livermore, California....
, San Ramon
San Ramon, California

San Ramon is a city in Contra Costa County, California, California, United States. It is a part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 44,722 at the 2000 United States Census....
, Martinez
Martinez, California

Martinez is a city in and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, California, United States. The population was 35,866 at the 2000 census....
, and Antioch
Antioch, California

Antioch is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland located in Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta....
; eastern Alameda and Contra Costa Counties (March 14, 1998)
949
Area code 949

Area code 949 is an area code in California that is contained mostly within the southern areas of Orange County, California. It also includes a small adjacent area of northwest San Diego County, California, specifically parts of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and San Onofre State Park....
- Irvine
Irvine, California

Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s....
, Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach is a seaside resort and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, approximately southeast of the county seat of Santa Ana, California....
, Newport Beach
Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, United States south of downtown Santa Ana, California. As of 2008, the population was 84,554....
, San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, California

San Juan Capistrano is a city in southern Orange County, California, United States, located approximately southeast of Downtown Santa Ana, California....
; southern and eastern Orange County
Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
(April 18, 1998)
951
Area code 951

North American area code 951 is a California telephone area code which covers western Riverside County and was split off from the area code 909 in 2004....
- Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
, Corona
Corona, California

Corona is a city in Riverside County, California, California, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,966....
, Moreno Valley
Moreno Valley, California

Moreno Valley is a city located in Riverside County, California. As of January 1, 2008, the population of Moreno Valley was 180,466. A relatively young city, its rapid growth in the 1980s and the 2000s propelled it to its status as second-largest city in Riverside County by population, and one of the Inland Empire 's population centers....
, Perris
Perris, California

Perris is a town in Riverside County, California. As of the 2000 census , the city population was 46,600. The city is named in honor of Fred T....
, Temecula
Temecula, California

Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, California, United States. It was Municipal corporation on December 1, 1989....
, Murrieta
Murrieta, California

Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, California, United States. The population was 44,282 at the 2000 census. Population was estimated to be 100,173 in 2008, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the state....
; western Riverside County
Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County, California to the Colorado River , which is the border with Arizona....
(July 17, 2004)

List of California area codes

See also

External links