Pick 515 if the number should read as Des Moines.
The 2000 lists of exchanges show Ankeny, Altoona, Waukee, Fort Dodge, Indianola and Boone in it as well.
The area code for Des Moines is 515.
Area codes in Des Moines
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515 is the one code of Des Moines. It has served central Iowa since 1947, and Des Moines and Ames stayed in it when the area was split in 2000.
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Des Moines has one area code.
Pick 515 for Des Moines, which shares it with Ames and Ankeny.
Pick 515 to reach Ames too.
Des Moines and Ames stayed in 515 when the old central Iowa area was split.
Pick 641 if the number is for Mason City or Ottumwa.
641 began on July 9, 2000, and took Mason City, Pella and Ottumwa.
People filed 125 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Des Moines area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 125 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 515.
- 125unwanted-call complaints named a Des Moines code
Des Moines codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Des Moines code.
- 1515Des Moines and Ames125
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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Yes. Both stayed in 515.
The Iowa Utility Board approved a geographic split on March 30, 2000, and 641 began on July 9, 2000.
A local call in Des Moines is dialed with ten digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 125 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Des Moines code: 515 (125). 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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