Pick 949 if the number should read as Irvine.
The planning letter for the code names Irvine first, then Newport Beach, Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach.
The area code for Irvine is 949.
Area codes in Irvine
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949 is the one code of Irvine. It was split from 714 on April 18, 1998, and it serves most of southern Orange County.
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Irvine has one area code.
Pick 949 for Irvine, which shares it with Newport Beach and Mission Viejo.
Pick 949 for South County as a whole.
Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, Dana Point and San Clemente use it too, and no second code has been laid over it.
Pick 714 if the number is for Anaheim or Santa Ana.
714 is the code of north Orange County, where 657 was laid over it in 2008.
People filed 196 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Irvine area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 196 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 949.
- 196unwanted-call complaints named a Irvine code
Irvine codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Irvine code.
- 1949South Orange County196
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 Irvine area code.
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It was, until 949 was split from 714 in 1998. Irvine is a 949 city now.
Part of it is. Costa Mesa is divided between 949 and 714.
A local call in Irvine is dialed with 1 plus ten digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 196 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Irvine code: 949 (196). 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 Irvine. 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.
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