Pick 973 if the number should read as Paterson.
Paterson, Clifton and Passaic are all named in the administrator’s list for 973.
The area codes for Paterson are 973 and 862.
Area codes in Paterson
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Paterson is in 973 and 862, the two codes of the Newark area. It sits in Passaic County, and 862 was laid over 973 on December 29, 2001.
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Pick 973 for Paterson, or 862 for the same area.
Pick 862 if you like a newer code.
The Board of Public Utilities approved the overlay on March 19, 2001, so no one had to change a number.
Pick 201 if the number is for Hackensack or Teaneck.
Both are in Bergen County, next to Paterson, and they use 201.
People filed 156 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Paterson area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 156 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 862 and 973. 862 was named most, on 81 of them (52%).
- 156unwanted-call complaints named a Paterson code
- 862was named on the most of them, 81
- 52%of the Paterson complaints named 862
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 Paterson area codes.
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No. Bergen County, with Hackensack and Teaneck, uses 201. Paterson is in 973.
Every local call has been dialed with all ten digits since December 1, 2001.
A local call in Paterson 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 156 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Paterson code: 862 (81) and 973 (75). 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 Paterson. 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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