Pick 614 or 380 if the number is for Columbus.
614 is an original code of 1947, and 380 was laid over it in 2016.
Ohio has 15 area codes: 216, 419, 513, 614, 330, 937, 440, 740, 234, 567, 220, 380, 326, 283 and 436.
Area codes in Ohio
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216 is Cleveland, 513 is Cincinnati, 614 is Columbus, 419 is Toledo, 937 is Dayton, 330 is Akron and Canton, 440 is the Cleveland suburbs, and 740 covers southeast and central Ohio.
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Ohio has 15 area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 216Since 1947Cleveland
129 FCC complaints
Get a 216 number - 419Since 1947Toledo and northwest Ohio
85 FCC complaints
Get a 419 number - 513Since 1947Cincinnati
170 FCC complaints
Get a 513 number - 614Since 1947Columbus
136 FCC complaints
Get a 614 number - 330Since 1996Akron, Canton and Youngstown
136 FCC complaints
Get a 330 number - 937Since 1996Dayton and Springfield
97 FCC complaints
Get a 937 number - 440Since 1997Cleveland suburbs
133 FCC complaints
Get a 440 number - 740Since 1997Southeast and central Ohio
110 FCC complaints
Get a 740 number - 234Since 2000Akron, Canton and Youngstown
51 FCC complaints
Get a 234 number - 567Since 2002Northwest Ohio
43 FCC complaints
Get a 567 number - 220Since 2015Southeast and central Ohio
53 FCC complaints
Get a 220 number - 380Since 2016Columbus and central Ohio
43 FCC complaints
Get a 380 number - 326Since 2020Dayton and Springfield
32 FCC complaints
Get a 326 number - 283Since 2023Cincinnati
11 FCC complaints
Get a 283 number - 436Since 2024No page yet
436
The newest area code in Ohio is 436.
436 entered service in 2024, laid over 440 in the Cleveland suburbs.
Pick 216 for Cleveland, 614 for Columbus, 513 for Cincinnati or 419 for Toledo.
Pick 330 or 234 for Akron, Canton or Youngstown.
330 was split from 216 in 1996, and 234 was laid over it in 2000.
Pick 937 or 326 for Dayton and Springfield.
937 opened on September 28, 1996, and 326 was laid over it in 2020.
People filed 1,229 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Ohio area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 1,229 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the Ohio codes. 513 was named most, on 170 of them (14%).
- 1,229unwanted-call complaints named an Ohio code
- 513was named on the most of them, 170
- 14%of the Ohio complaints named 513
Ohio codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each of the 10 Ohio codes named most.
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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513 and 283 both cover Cincinnati, along with Hamilton, Middletown and Mason.
440, the code of the Cleveland suburbs, with Elyria, Mentor and Strongsville. 436 was laid over it in 2024.
Ohio has 15 area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 216, 419, 513, 614, 330, 937, 440, 740, 234, 567, 220, 380, 326, 283 and 436. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2024.
The newest area code in Ohio is 436, in service since 2024. 436 entered service in 2024, laid over 440 in the Cleveland suburbs.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 1,229 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with an Ohio code. The five named most were 513 (170), 330 (136), 614 (136), 440 (133) and 216 (129). 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 (its report of October 23, 2026), and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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