This is a list of area codes in the U.S. state of Georgia.

History

In 1947,

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was a single numbering plan area (NPA) with

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. In 1954, 912 was assigned to its southern and central areas. The state operated with two area codes until May 3, 1992, when area code 706 was created for the two separate areas outside of the

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area. Due to complaints from

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an residents who were to be put in 706, they were moved back into 404, which makes every new area code added to the

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run out of numbers sooner. At this time, these areas were also fully included in what was already the world's largest toll-free

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ing zone (previously many were only able to call the adjacent

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s on the edge of metro Atlanta).

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was therefore assigned to Atlanta's suburbs just three years later in August 1995, requiring

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between them, and with all

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s keeping 404. 678 was given to both the city and its suburbs in January 1998, becoming the first overlay area code in the state, and forcing mandatory ten-digit dialing for all calls. Flip-flopping on its position on assigning new area codes, the Georgia Public Service Commission dictated that a double split of 912 would occur after that, with

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and 478 being applied to

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and

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in August 2000. With the GPSC reversing course a third time, 470 became the second area code to overlay Atlanta in September 2001, but remained unused until 2010. In September 2005, 762 was overlaid to all of the existing area code 706, despite the fact that it has been physically split into two separate and disconnected sections since it was created in 1992. Georgia is served by ten area codes. The newest area code, 943, went into service in March 2022 as another area code for the Atlanta area. Usage projections in 2024, suggested that 229 and 912 will require relief before 2030.https://nationalnanpa.com/reports/2024-1_NPA_Exhaust_Projections_Final.pdf In May 2025, area code 565 was announced for a future overlay in NPA 912.

List of area codes

– Albany, Thomasville, Valdosta, Tifton, Cairo Georgia, Fitzgerald and Americus (southwest Georgia) * 404 –

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and immediate environs (central Fulton and DeKalb counties) * 470 – Atlanta and its suburbs, overlay area code with 678, 770, and 943 * 478 – Macon, Forsyth, Fort Valley, Warner Robins,

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, Eastman and Milledgeville (

) * 706 – Columbus (west-central Georgia);

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, Dahlonega, Toccoa,

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and Augusta (

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, upper east-central Georgia) * 678 – Atlanta and its suburbs, overlay area code with 404, 470, 770, and 943 * 762 – same boundaries as 706 * 770 – Atlanta suburbs, overlay area code with 470, 678, and 943 * 912 –

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, Reidsville, Vidalia, Waycross, Brunswick, Douglas, and coastal Georgia * 943 - Atlanta and its suburbs, overlay area code with 470, 678, and 770.

References

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History

List of area codes

See also

References