Pick 504 if the number should read as New Orleans.
The numbering administrator’s maps name Kenner, Lafitte, Delacroix, Jesuit Bend, Lake Catherine, St. Bernard and Ycloskey beside New Orleans.
The area code for New Orleans is 504.
Area codes in New Orleans
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504 is the one code of New Orleans. It has been in service since 1947 and covers the basic New Orleans local calling area.
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New Orleans has one area code.
Pick 504 for New Orleans, the code the city has had since 1947.
Pick 225 if the number is for Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge took 225 on August 17, 1998.
Pick 985 if the number is for Slidell, Covington or Houma.
The area around New Orleans took 985 on February 12, 2001.
People filed 83 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the New Orleans area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 83 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 504.
- 83unwanted-call complaints named a New Orleans code
New Orleans codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the New Orleans code.
- 1504New Orleans83
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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No. Baton Rouge has used 225 since 1998.
Twice. The Louisiana Public Service Commission approved the second split on June 21, 2000, and 504 kept the basic New Orleans calling area.
A local call in New Orleans is dialed with ten digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 83 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a New Orleans code: 504 (83). 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 New Orleans. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
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