List of New Jersey area codes



The area codes in the U.S. State of New Jersey are a component of the North American Numbering Plan.


 * 201: Northeastern New Jersey, primarily Bergen County and Hudson County.
 * 551: Overlays area code 201.
 * 609: Trenton, Lawrenceville, Princeton, Medford, Atlantic City, Barnegat, Wildwood, Ocean City, Burlington, Cape May.
 * 640: Overlays 609.
 * 732: Toms River, Edison, New Brunswick, Freehold, Red Bank, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Carteret
 * 848: Overlays 732.
 * 856: Camden, Cherry Hill, Glassboro, Vineland, Salem, Marlton, Clayton, Monroeville.
 * 908: Elizabeth and Union County, Somerset County, Warren County, Hunterdon County, and parts of southern and western Morris County.
 * 973: Essex County, Passaic County, Morris County, Sussex County, and small portions of Bergen and Hudson County.
 * 862: Overlays 973.

Area code 201 was the original, sole area code for New Jersey in 1947, when the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first continental telephone numbering plan. It was also the first area code assigned in the numbering plan.