List of area codes in Southern California
Area codes serving the Greater Los Angeles area include:
- 213 - Downtown L.A. - From 1947 to 1951 (when the 714 area code was created), the 213 area code covered all of Southern California [1]
- 310 - The Westside (including the cities of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Culver City), the South Bay cities, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Malibu, Topanga and Santa Catalina Island (created in 1991 from 213 area code)
- 323 - donut-shaped area surrounding downtown, including greater Hollywood, Mid-Wilshire, the Eastside, northern South L.A. (created in 1998 from 213 area code)
- 424 - Contiguous with 310 (created in 2005)
- 562 - the Gateway Cities in southeast L.A. County, including Long Beach and the suburbs of Whittier, Cerritos, and Norwalk, among others (created in 1997 from 310 area code)
- 626 - San Gabriel Valley suburbs, including Pasadena (created in 1997 from 818 area code)
- 661 - Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley suburbs, including Palmdale and Lancaster (created in 1999 from 805 area code)
- 714 - Northern Orange County suburbs (created in 1951 from 213 area code)
- 760 - Portion of area code in the Desert regions of Greater Los Angeles, including Victorville, Barstow, Apple Valley and the Palm Springs area (created in 1997 from 619 area code)
- 805 - Ventura County suburbs (created in 1957 from 213 area code)
- 818 - The San Fernando Valley, including Burbank and Glendale (created in 1984 from 213 area code)
- 909 - Northern Inland Empire suburbs, including San Bernardino (created in 1992 from 714 area code)
- 949 - Southern Orange County suburbs (created in 1998 from 714 area code)
- 951 - Southern Inland Empire suburbs, including Riverside (created in 2004 from 909 area code)
Planned additional area codes
- 657 - Northern Orange County suburbs overlay for the extant 714 area. It is expected to go into effect in late 2008. [1]
Notes
- For most area code changes, see [2].
- ^ New area code planned for 714Orange County Register