New Jersey area codes

Codes in service in New Jersey

New Jersey has 10 geographic area codes in service: 201, 551, 609, 640, 732, 848, 856, 862, 908, 973. 201 is the oldest, dated 1947, and 640 the newest, dated 17 Sep 2018.1 All of New Jersey's codes are on Eastern time.

Area code	NANPA location	NPA in-service date	In-service overlay peers	Time zone	Local calls within the code
201	NJ	1947	551	Eastern	10 digits
551	NJ	29 Dec 2001	201	Eastern	10 digits
609	NJ	1957	640	Eastern	10 digits
640	NJ	17 Sep 2018	609	Eastern	10 digits
732	NJ	1 Jun 1997	848	Eastern	10 digits
848	NJ	29 Dec 2001	732	Eastern	10 digits
856	NJ	12 Jun 1999	None listed	Eastern	10 digits
862	NJ	29 Dec 2001	973	Eastern	10 digits
908	NJ	1 Nov 1990	None listed	Eastern	10 digits
973	NJ	1 Jun 1997	862	Eastern	10 digits

Scroll the table sideways to see every column. Sources: NANPA (14 October 2026 file).

History and overlays in New Jersey

Before 1960: 201 (1947), 609 (1957)
1990s: 908 (1 Nov 1990), 732 (1 Jun 1997), 973 (1 Jun 1997), 856 (12 Jun 1999)
2000s: 551 (29 Dec 2001), 848 (29 Dec 2001), 862 (29 Dec 2001)
2010s: 640 (17 Sep 2018)

New Jersey's in-service overlay groups are 201/551; 609/640; 732/848; 862/973.1

609/640: 609 (1957) was joined by 640 on 17 Sep 2018.
201/551: 201 (1947) was joined by 551 on 29 Dec 2001.
732/848: 732 (1997) was joined by 848 on 29 Dec 2001.
862/973: 973 (1997) was joined by 862 on 29 Dec 2001.

Dialing in New Jersey

Local calls within a single area code in New Jersey (201, 551, 609, 640, 732, 848, 856, 862, 908, 973) are all recorded as 10 digits. From any of New Jersey's codes, local calls to another area code are all recorded as 1 + 10 digits.1

Neighbours of New Jersey

Regions that border New Jersey:

Delaware: 1 code (302)
New York: 23 codes (212, 315, 329, 332, ...)
Pennsylvania: 15 codes (215, 223, 267, 272, ...)

Rules that apply to every region are on the area-code reference.

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Sources

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NANPA, NPA Database CSV, file dated 14 October 2026; US geographic codes, location, dates, overlay complexes, dialing plan and time zone. Retrieved 14 Oct 2026
https://reports.nanpa.com/public/npa_report.csv