Pick 919 if the number should read as Raleigh.
919 covers central North Carolina, and the commission’s map names Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex and Wake Forest.
The area codes for Raleigh are 919 and 984.
Area codes in Raleigh
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Raleigh uses 919, in service since 1954, and 984, laid over it in 2012. Both cover the capital and the central North Carolina area around it.
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Pick 919 for Raleigh, or 984 if you want the code laid over it.
Pick 984 if the number should look newer.
984 entered service on April 30, 2012, a month after ten-digit local dialing became mandatory.
Pick 704 if the number is for Charlotte.
Charlotte has its own codes, 704 and 980, and its own page here.
People filed 168 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Raleigh area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 168 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 919 and 984. 919 was named most, on 97 of them (58%).
- 168unwanted-call complaints named a Raleigh code
- 919was named on the most of them, 97
- 58%of the Raleigh complaints named 919
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 Raleigh area codes.
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Yes. Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary all use 919 and 984.
910 in 1993 and 252 in 1998. Raleigh stayed in 919 both times.
A local call in Raleigh 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 168 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Raleigh code: 919 (97) and 984 (71). 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 Raleigh. 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, and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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