Pick 225 if the number should read as Baton Rouge.
The numbering administrator’s 1998 list of exchanges names Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Gonzales, Plaquemine and Donaldsonville.
The area code for Baton Rouge is 225.
Area codes in Baton Rouge
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225 is the one code of Baton Rouge. It took the Baton Rouge calling area when it was split from 504 on August 17, 1998.
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Baton Rouge has one area code.
Pick 225 for Baton Rouge, the code the city took in 1998.
Pick 225 to reach Zachary and New Roads too.
St. Francisville, Clinton and Greensburg are on the same list.
Pick 504 if the number is for New Orleans.
New Orleans kept 504 when Baton Rouge took the new code.
People filed 60 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Baton Rouge area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 60 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 225.
- 60unwanted-call complaints named a Baton Rouge code
Baton Rouge codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Baton Rouge code.
- 1225Baton Rouge60
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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People ask these questions about the Baton Rouge area code.
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No. Lafayette and Lake Charles use 337. Baton Rouge uses 225.
No. 225 has never had a second code laid over it.
A local call in Baton Rouge is dialed with seven digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 60 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Baton Rouge code: 225 (60). 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, and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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