Pick 205 or 659 if the number is for Birmingham or Tuscaloosa.
205 was in service in 1947, and 659 was laid over it in 2019, so the two cover the same ground.
Alabama has seven area codes: 205, 334, 256, 251, 938, 659 and 483.
Area codes in Alabama
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205 is Birmingham, 334 covers Montgomery, Auburn and Dothan, 256 covers Huntsville, Gadsden and Anniston, and 251 is Mobile. Three of those four areas have a newer code laid over them.
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Alabama has seven area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 205Since 1947Birmingham
316 FCC complaints
Get a 205 number - 334Since 1995Montgomery, Auburn and Dothan
78 FCC complaints
Get a 334 number - 256Since 1998Huntsville, Gadsden and Anniston
86 FCC complaints
Get a 256 number - 251Since 2001Mobile and the surrounding area
110 FCC complaints
Get a 251 number - 938Since 2010No page yet
28 FCC complaints
- 659Since 2019Birmingham and Tuscaloosa
33 FCC complaints
Get a 659 number - 483Since 2026No page yet
483
The newest area code in Alabama is 483.
483 entered service in 2026, laid over the 334 area around Montgomery, Auburn and Dothan.
Pick 205 for Birmingham, 334 for Montgomery, 256 for Huntsville or 251 for Mobile.
Pick 334 if the number is for Montgomery, Auburn or Dothan.
334 was split from 205 in 1995, and 251 was split from 334 in 2001.
Pick 256 if the number is for Huntsville, Gadsden or Anniston.
256 was split from 205 in 1998 and also reaches Madison, Decatur and Florence.
People filed 651 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Alabama area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 651 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the Alabama codes. 205 was named most, on 316 of them (49%).
- 651unwanted-call complaints named an Alabama code
- 205was named on the most of them, 316
- 49%of the Alabama complaints named 205
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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251. It was split from 334 in 2001 and covers Mobile, Foley, Fairhope and Gulf Shores.
205 covers Tuscaloosa, Bessemer and Jasper as well as Birmingham, and 659 has been laid over the same area since 2019.
Alabama has seven area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 205, 334, 256, 251, 938, 659 and 483. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2026.
The newest area code in Alabama is 483, in service since 2026. 483 entered service in 2026, laid over the 334 area around Montgomery, Auburn and Dothan.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 651 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with an Alabama code. The five named most were 205 (316), 251 (110), 256 (86), 334 (78) and 659 (33). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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The codes, the places and the years are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database (its report of October 23, 2026), and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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