Pick 513 if the number should read as Cincinnati.
The numbering administrator names Norwood, Forest Park, Hamilton, Mason and West Chester among the places in 513.
The area codes for Cincinnati are 513 and 283.
Area codes in Cincinnati
Get a phone number with the right area code for Cincinnati.
Cincinnati uses 513, in service since 1947, and 283, laid over it in 2023. The two cover the city and the cities around it in southwestern Ohio.
$0 todayLive in about a minute
Pick 513 for Cincinnati, or 283 if you want the newest code of the area.
Pick 283 if the number should look new.
283 entered service on April 28, 2023, after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved it in December 2021.
Pick 937 if the number is for Dayton.
937 took the rest of the old 513 area in 1996, with Dayton and Springfield.
People filed 181 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Cincinnati area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 181 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 513 and 283. 513 was named most, on 170 of them (94%).
- 181unwanted-call complaints named a Cincinnati code
- 513was named on the most of them, 170
- 94%of the Cincinnati complaints named 513
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.
This is how you get a Cincinnati number.
- 1
Start your free week.
Every plan begins with 7 days free, and you pay $0 today.
- 2
Type the code you picked.
Open Create a number, type the three digits and give the number a name.
- 3
Hand the number out.
Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
People ask these questions about Cincinnati area codes.
More in the full FAQ.
No. Cincinnati is in Ohio and uses 513 and 283. Across the river, Covington and Newport use 859.
Yes. Hamilton, Middletown and Mason are all in 513 and 283.
A local call in Cincinnati is dialed with ten digits, whichever of its codes the number starts with. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 181 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Cincinnati code: 513 (170) and 283 (11). 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.
Yes. You type the area code you want when you create a number, and you do not need to live in Cincinnati. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
You get 7 days free and pay $0 today. After 7 days your plan starts: $9.99 a month for Basic or $29.99 a month for Pro. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Codes around Cincinnati
More cities
Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.
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.
Put a Cincinnati code on a number you can burn.
Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
Try it free for 7 days