Pick 503 if the number is for Portland, Salem or Gresham.
503 was the only code in Oregon from 1947 until 541 was split from it in 1995.
Oregon has four area codes: 503, 541, 971 and 458.
Area codes in Oregon
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503 and 971 cover Portland and Salem, and 541 and 458 cover the rest of Oregon, from Eugene and Medford to Bend, Corvallis and Roseburg.
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Oregon has four area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 503Since 1947Portland and Salem
102 FCC complaints
Get a 503 number - 541Since 1995Eugene and southern and eastern Oregon
85 FCC complaints
Get a 541 number - 971Since 2000Portland and Salem
93 FCC complaints
Get a 971 number - 458Since 2010Southern and eastern Oregon
40 FCC complaints
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458
The newest area code in Oregon is 458.
458 entered service in 2010, laid over 541 in southern and eastern Oregon.
Pick 503 for Portland and Salem, or 541 for Eugene, Medford and Bend.
Pick 971 for the newer Portland code.
971 was laid over 503 in 2000 and covers Beaverton and Hillsboro as well.
Pick 541 or 458 for Eugene, Medford or Bend.
458 was laid over 541 in 2010, so both reach Corvallis and Roseburg.
People filed 320 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Oregon area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 320 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the Oregon codes. 503 was named most, on 102 of them (32%).
- 320unwanted-call complaints named an Oregon code
- 503was named on the most of them, 102
- 32%of the Oregon complaints named 503
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 Oregon area codes.
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Yes. Salem is on 503 and 971 with Portland, Gresham, Beaverton and Hillsboro.
541 and 458 both cover Bend, along with Eugene, Medford, Corvallis and Roseburg.
Oregon has four area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 503, 541, 971 and 458. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2010.
The newest area code in Oregon is 458, in service since 2010. 458 entered service in 2010, laid over 541 in southern and eastern Oregon.
A local call in Oregon is dialed with ten digits, whichever of its four codes the number starts with. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 320 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with an Oregon code. The codes named were 503 (102), 971 (93), 541 (85) and 458 (40). 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 Oregon. 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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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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