Pick 850 if the number should read as Tallahassee.
The numbering administrator says 850 takes in Pensacola, Panama City and Tallahassee, the state capital.
The area codes for Tallahassee are 850 and 448.
Area codes in Tallahassee
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Tallahassee, the state capital, is in 850, split from 904 in 1997, and in 448, laid over it in 2021. The area is the Florida Panhandle.
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Tallahassee has two area codes.
- 850Since 1997Pensacola, Tallahassee and Panama CityFort Walton BeachDestinPanama City Beach
178 FCC complaints
Get an 850 number - 448Since 2021Overlay code
41 FCC complaints
Pick 850 for Tallahassee, the code of the whole Panhandle.
Pick 850 to cover Pensacola and Panama City too.
The area has 64 rate centers in 18 counties, and the beach towns of Destin and Panama City Beach are among them.
Pick 904 if the number is for Jacksonville.
904 is the code 850 was split from in 1997, along the border between the Jacksonville and Tallahassee telephone service areas.
People filed 219 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Tallahassee area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 219 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 850 and 448. 850 was named most, on 178 of them (81%).
- 219unwanted-call complaints named a Tallahassee code
- 850was named on the most of them, 178
- 81%of the Tallahassee complaints named 850
Tallahassee codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each Tallahassee code.
- 1850Pensacola, Tallahassee and Panama City178
- 2448Overlay code41
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. Tallahassee has used 850 since June 23, 1997. Jacksonville kept 904.
The Florida Public Service Commission approved an overlay on November 5, 2019, and 448 was laid over 850 in 2021.
A local call in Tallahassee 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 219 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Tallahassee code: 850 (178) and 448 (41). 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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