Area code 323

About area code 323

Area code 323 is a geographic area code in California, in service since June 13, 1998, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). It is an overlay: 323 and 213 and 738 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Pacific time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Los Angeles, Montebello, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles. By population, its largest named places are Los Angeles and Montebello.

Where 323 numbers are local

323 holds 3.6% of the 22,087 central office codes assigned in California, the 4th most of the state's 41 codes. 2 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 323 exchanges; the most populous are Los Angeles (3.9 million) and Montebello (60,617). For a storefront or service area inside 323, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

Dialing 323 numbers

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 323 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Ten-digit local dialing means the area code is part of how customers save and recognize your number, so print it in full everywhere.

Who holds 323 exchanges

30 carriers hold the 786 central office codes assigned in 323. Pacific Bell has the most, with 265 (34%). 524 of the codes (67%) are pooled, meaning the code holder shares blocks of 1,000 numbers with other carriers instead of using all 10,000 itself. Numbers can move between carriers through porting, so a code's holder tells you where the block started, not where every number lives now.

Local calling areas in 323

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 323 has codes in 12 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

How full is area code 323?

An area code has 800 possible central office codes that start with 2 through 9, a few of which are reserved (such as N11 service codes and 555). 786 are assigned in 323, 98% of 800. 4 were assigned in 2020 or later.

A local 323 number on Callata

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

If you already have a number in area code 323, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.