Pick 303 if you want the code the state started with.
303 was the original code for the whole state of Colorado, from 1947.
The area codes for Lakewood are 303, 720 and 983.
Area codes in Lakewood
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Lakewood, west of Denver, uses 303, 720 and 983, the three codes of the Denver metro area. 303 has served the area since 1947.
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Lakewood has three area codes.
- 303Since 1947Denver and BoulderAuroraLakewoodLittleton
2,219 FCC complaints
Get a 303 number - 720Since 1998DenverAuroraLakewoodBoulder
316 FCC complaints
Get a 720 number - 983Since 2022Overlay code
33 FCC complaints
Pick 303 for Lakewood, or 720 for the same ground.
Pick 720 for a newer number in the same metro area.
The numbering administrator and the commission name Lakewood, Littleton, Englewood and Wheat Ridge for 720.
Pick 970 if the number is for Grand Junction or Aspen.
970 serves the north and west of Colorado. It was split from 303 on April 2, 1995.
People filed 2,568 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Lakewood area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 2,568 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 303, 720 and 983. 303 was named most, on 2,219 of them (86%).
- 2,568unwanted-call complaints named a Lakewood code
- 303was named on the most of them, 2,219
- 86%of the Lakewood complaints named 303
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 Lakewood area codes.
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Both. 720 was laid over 303 in 1998, so a Lakewood number can start with either.
719 in 1988 and 970 in 1995. Lakewood stayed in 303 each time.
A local call in Lakewood 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 2,568 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Lakewood code: 303 (2,219), 720 (316) and 983 (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.
Yes. You type the area code you want when you create a number, and you do not need to live in Lakewood. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
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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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