Pick 909 if the number should read as San Bernardino.
In 2004 the area was split in two, and San Bernardino stayed in 909 while Riverside went to 951.
The area codes for San Bernardino are 909 and 840.
Area codes in San Bernardino
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San Bernardino is in 909, the code split from 714 in 1992, and in 840, laid over it in 2021. Colton, Redlands and Fontana are in the same two.
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San Bernardino has two area codes.
- 909Since 1992Ontario, Fontana and PomonaRancho CucamongaChinoChino Hills
93 FCC complaints
Get a 909 number - 840Since 2021Overlay code
18 FCC complaints
Pick 909 for San Bernardino, the code the city has used since 1992.
Pick 909 to cover Redlands and Colton too.
Redlands, Colton, Loma Linda, Highland and Yucaipa share the code, up to Big Bear City.
Pick 951 if the number is for Riverside.
Riverside took 951 in 2004, and it has no second code laid over it.
People filed 111 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from San Bernardino area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 111 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 909 and 840. 909 was named most, on 93 of them (84%).
- 111unwanted-call complaints named a San Bernardino code
- 909was named on the most of them, 93
- 84%of the San Bernardino complaints named 909
San Bernardino codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each San Bernardino code.
- 1909Ontario, Fontana and Pomona93
- 2840Overlay code18
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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Not since 2004. The two shared 909 until July 17, 2004, when Riverside went to 951.
It is a second code laid over the 909 area, in service since February 23, 2021.
A local call in San Bernardino is dialed with 1 plus 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 111 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a San Bernardino code: 909 (93) and 840 (18). 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 San Bernardino. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
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