Pick 402 if the number is for Omaha, Lincoln or Bellevue.
402 is an original code of 1947, and it covers Fremont and Norfolk as well.
Nebraska has three area codes: 402, 308 and 531.
Area codes in Nebraska
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402 and 531 cover eastern Nebraska, from Omaha and Lincoln to Bellevue and Norfolk, and 308 covers western Nebraska, from Grand Island to North Platte.
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Nebraska has three area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 402Since 1947Eastern Nebraska
99 FCC complaints
Get a 402 number - 308Since 1955Western Nebraska
22 FCC complaints
Get a 308 number - 531Since 2011Omaha, Lincoln and eastern Nebraska
25 FCC complaints
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531
The newest area code in Nebraska is 531.
531 entered service in 2011, laid over 402 in Omaha, Lincoln and eastern Nebraska.
Pick 402 for Omaha and Lincoln, or 308 for western Nebraska.
Pick 531 if you want the newer code for Omaha and Lincoln.
531 was laid over 402 in 2011, and it covers Omaha, Lincoln and eastern Nebraska just as 402 does.
Pick 308 for Grand Island, Kearney or North Platte.
308 opened in 1955 and covers Lexington and McCook as well.
People filed 146 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Nebraska area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 146 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the Nebraska codes. 402 was named most, on 99 of them (68%).
- 146unwanted-call complaints named a Nebraska code
- 402was named on the most of them, 99
- 68%of the Nebraska complaints named 402
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 Nebraska area codes.
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Yes. Lincoln uses 402 and 531, the same as Omaha, Bellevue and Fremont.
308, which covers western Nebraska: Kearney, Grand Island, North Platte, Lexington and McCook.
Nebraska has three area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 402, 308 and 531. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2011.
The newest area code in Nebraska is 531, in service since 2011. 531 entered service in 2011, laid over 402 in Omaha, Lincoln and eastern Nebraska.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 146 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Nebraska code. The codes named were 402 (99), 531 (25) and 308 (22). 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 Nebraska. 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 (its report of October 23, 2026), and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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