Pick 318 if the number should read as Shreveport.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission lists 30 parishes in 318, from Caddo and Bossier to Ouachita and Rapides.
The area codes for Shreveport are 318 and 457.
Area codes in Shreveport
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Shreveport is in 318, in service since 1957, and in 457, laid over it in 2025. The area is the northern part of Louisiana, with Monroe and Alexandria.
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Shreveport has two area codes.
- 318Since 1957Shreveport, Monroe and AlexandriaBossier CityRustonNatchitoches
99 FCC complaints
Get a 318 number - 457Since 2025Overlay code
1 FCC complaint
Pick 318 for Shreveport, the code of northern Louisiana.
Pick 318 to reach Bossier City and Ruston too.
Natchitoches and Minden use the same code.
Pick 337 if the number is for Lafayette or Lake Charles.
337 took the southern part on October 11, 1999.
People filed 100 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Shreveport area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 100 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 318 and 457. 318 was named most, on 99 of them (99%).
- 100unwanted-call complaints named a Shreveport code
- 318was named on the most of them, 99
- 99%of the Shreveport complaints named 318
Shreveport codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each Shreveport code.
- 1318Shreveport, Monroe and Alexandria99
- 2457Overlay code1
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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No. New Orleans uses 504. Shreveport uses 318.
Ten digits became mandatory on August 25, 2025, and 457 was laid over 318 on September 25, 2025.
A local call in Shreveport 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 100 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Shreveport code: 318 (99) and 457 (1). 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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