Pick 215 or 267 if the number is for Philadelphia.
215 is an original code of 1947, 267 was laid over it in 1999, and 445 followed in 2018.
Pennsylvania has 15 area codes: 215, 412, 717, 814, 610, 724, 570, 484, 267, 878, 272, 223, 445, 582 and 835.
Area codes in Pennsylvania
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215, 267 and 445 are Philadelphia, 412 and 878 are Pittsburgh, 610 and 484 cover Allentown, Reading and the Philadelphia suburbs, 717 is Harrisburg, Lancaster and York, 570 is Scranton, 724 is Greensburg, and 814 is Erie and Altoona.
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Pennsylvania has 15 area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 215Since 1947Philadelphia
81 FCC complaints
Get a 215 number - 412Since 1947Pittsburgh
203 FCC complaints
Get a 412 number - 717Since 1947Harrisburg, Lancaster and York
135 FCC complaints
Get a 717 number - 814Since 1947Erie, Altoona, Johnstown and State College
82 FCC complaints
Get an 814 number - 610Since 1994Allentown, Reading and the Philadelphia suburbs
203 FCC complaints
Get a 610 number - 724Since 1998Greensburg and the communities around Pittsburgh
122 FCC complaints
Get a 724 number - 570Since 1998Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport
84 FCC complaints
Get a 570 number - 484Since 1999Allentown, Reading and the western Philadelphia suburbs
170 FCC complaints
Get a 484 number - 267Since 1999Philadelphia
190 FCC complaints
Get a 267 number - 878Since 2001Pittsburgh and its surrounding area
39 FCC complaints
Get an 878 number - 272Since 2013Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport
31 FCC complaints
Get a 272 number - 223Since 2017Harrisburg, Lancaster and York
46 FCC complaints
Get a 223 number - 445Since 2018Philadelphia
51 FCC complaints
Get a 445 number - 582Since 2021No page yet
13 FCC complaints
- 835Since 2022No page yet
31 FCC complaints
835
The newest area code in Pennsylvania is 835.
835 entered service in 2022, laid over 610 and 484 in Allentown, Reading and the Philadelphia suburbs.
Pick 215 for Philadelphia, 412 for Pittsburgh, 717 for Harrisburg or 570 for Scranton.
Pick 412 or 878 for Pittsburgh.
412 is original, and 878 was laid over it in 2001. 724 was split from 412 in 1998 and covers Greensburg and Butler.
Pick 610 or 484 for Allentown, Reading or Bethlehem.
610 was split from 215 in 1994, and 484 was laid over it in 1999.
People filed 1,481 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Pennsylvania area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 1,481 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the Pennsylvania codes. 412 was named most, on 203 of them (14%).
- 1,481unwanted-call complaints named a Pennsylvania code
- 412was named on the most of them, 203
- 14%of the Pennsylvania complaints named 412
Pennsylvania codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each of the 10 Pennsylvania codes named most.
- 1412Pittsburgh203
- 2610Allentown, Reading and the Philadelphia suburbs203
- 3267Philadelphia190
- 4484Allentown, Reading and the western Philadelphia suburbs170
- 5717Harrisburg, Lancaster and York135
- 6724Greensburg and the communities around Pittsburgh122
- 7570Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport84
- 8814Erie, Altoona, Johnstown and State College82
- 9215Philadelphia81
- 10445Philadelphia51
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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570 and 272 both cover Scranton, along with Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Williamsport and Pottsville.
814, which covers Erie, Altoona, State College, Johnstown and St. Marys. 582 was laid over it in 2021.
Pennsylvania has 15 area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 215, 412, 717, 814, 610, 724, 570, 484, 267, 878, 272, 223, 445, 582 and 835. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2022.
The newest area code in Pennsylvania is 835, in service since 2022. 835 entered service in 2022, laid over 610 and 484 in Allentown, Reading and the Philadelphia suburbs.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 1,481 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Pennsylvania code. The five named most were 412 (203), 610 (203), 267 (190), 484 (170) and 717 (135). 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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