Mississippi area codes: all 5 codes and where they ring

All Mississippi area codes

Source: the NANPA exhaust projections, area code report and rate-centre report, file dated 11/01/2026. This is not an official NANPA site.

Where Mississippi area codes came from

For 50 years, 601 covered Mississippi on its own, until 228 opened in 1997.

1. 1947: 601 was among the original area codes of 1947, covering Barlow, Bassfield and Bay Springs.
2. 1997: 228 was created by splitting 601, serving Bay Saint Louis, Biloxi and Gulfport.
3. 1999: 662 split away from 601, taking in Aberdeen, Ackerman and Amory.
4. 2005: 769 was added as an overlay on 601, covering the same area.
5. 2026: 471 was added as an overlay on 662, covering the same area.

Dialling numbers in Mississippi

Local calls in 601, 662, 769 and 471 are dialled in 10-digit form, and long-distance calls take 1 + the 10-digit number.

In 228, local calls are dialled with 7 digits, and long-distance calls are dialled with 1 + the 10-digit number.

Just 54 of the 378 US area codes now in service still allow local calls with 7 digits.

Places found in each Mississippi area code

106 rate centres for 601 and 769 (one overlay area)

Barlow, Bassfield, Bay Springs, Beaumont, Benndale, Big Creek (jones), Bolton, Brandon, Briarwood, Brookhaven, Buckatunna, Canton, Carthage, Centreville, Clinton, Collins, Columbia, Crosby, Crossroads, Crystal Springs, De Kalb, Decatur, Duffee, Eagle Lake, Eddiceton, Edwards, Ellisville, Enterprise, Fayette, Flora, Florence, Forest, Georgetown, Gloster, Hattiesburg, Hazlehurst, Heidelberg, Hermanville, Homewood, Jackson, Janice, Lake, Laurel, Leakesville, Liberty, Louin, Lucedale, Lumberton, Lynville, Madison, Magee, Magnolia, Mccomb, Mclain, Meadville, Mendenhall, Meridian, Mize, Monticello, Morton, Mount Olive, Natchez, Naval Air Station, Neely, New Augusta, New Hebron, Newton Hickory, Obadiah, Old Taylorsville, Osyka, Pelahatchie, Philadelphia, Picayune, Pittman, Polkville, Poplarville, Port Gibson, Prentiss, Purvis, Quitman, Raleigh, Raymond, Richton, Rose Hill, Roxie, Sand Hill, Seminary, Shubuta, Silver Creek, Soso, State Line, Sumrall, Sylvarena, Taylorsville, Terry, Toomsuba, Tylertown, Union, Utica, Vicksburg, Walters, Waynesboro, Wesson, White Oak, Wiggins, Woodville.

11 rate centres for 228

Vancleave, Hurley, Moss Point, Pascagoula, Bay Saint Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs, Pass Christian, Pearlington and Tanner-williams.

122 rate centres for 662 and 471 (one overlay area)

The list opens with Aberdeen, Ackerman, Amory, Artesia Crawford and Ashland. Baldwyn, Batesville, Belmont, Belzoni and Benoit follow. Blue Mountain, Booneville, Bruce, Burnsville and Byhalia come next. Caledonia, Calhoun City, Carrollton, Charleston and Chester are listed too. Chulahoma, Clarksdale, Cleveland, Coffeeville and Coldwater follow. Columbus, Columbus Air Force Base, Como, Corinth and Crenshaw are here. Drew, Duck Hill, Duncan, Durant and Ethel come next. Eupora, Fairview, Friars Point, Fulton and Glen Allan are listed too. Goodman, Greenville, Greenwood, Grenada and Gunnison follow. Guntown, Hernando, Hollandale, Holly Bluff and Holly Springs come next. Houlka, Houston, Indianola, Inverness and Isola are listed too. Itta Bena, Iuka, Jonestown, Kilmichael and Kosciusko follow. Leland, Lexington, Louise, Louisville and Lula come next. Maben, Macon, Mantachie, Marks and Mccool are listed too. Memphis, Merigold, Michigan City, Moorhead and Mound Bayou follow. Mount Pleasant, Myrtle, Nettleton, New Albany and Noxapater come next. Oakland, Okolona, Olive Branch, Oxford and Pace are listed too. Pickens, Pontotoc, Red Bay, Rienzi and Ripley follow. Rolling Fork, Rosedale, Ruleville, Sardis and Scooba come next. Senatobia, Shannon, Shaw, Shelby and Shuqualak are listed too. Slate Springs, Smithville, South Moscow, Starkville and Sumner follow. Sunflower, Tchula, Tishomingo, Tremont and Tunica come next. Tupelo, Tutwiler, Vaiden, Vardaman and Verona are listed too. Walnut, Water Valley, West, West Point and Winona follow. Yazoo City and Yellow Creek close the list.

Will a new area code come to Mississippi?

Not for years: NANPA forecasts that 601/769 runs out first, in 2052.

Area codes across the Mississippi border

• Memphis, TN-MS-AR: Arkansas 870, 327 and Tennessee 901.

Mississippi border states and their area codes

• In Alabama: 483, 659, 938, 251, 256, 334 and 205
• In Arkansas: 327, 479, 870 and 501
• In Louisiana: 457, 985, 337, 225, 318 and 504
• In Tennessee: 729, 629, 731, 865, 931, 423, 615 and 901

Questions about Mississippi area codes