Area code 614

Area code 614 at a glance

614 is one of 15 geographic area codes serving Ohio; NANPA records its in-service date as January 1, 1947. It is an overlay: 614 and 380 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Eastern time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Columbus, Dublin, Gahanna, Hilliard, and Reynoldsburg. By population, its largest named places are Columbus, Dublin, Grove City, Reynoldsburg, and Hilliard.

Cities and towns in area code 614

614 holds 11% of the 7,301 central office codes assigned in Ohio, the 6th most of the state's 15 codes. 14 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 614 exchanges; the most populous are Columbus (933,000), Dublin (49,456), Grove City (44,019), and Reynoldsburg (42,897). Each place page lists the exact prefixes and carriers for that town.

Dialing 614 numbers

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 614 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Because local calls need the area code, business cards, signage and website copy should always show the full ten-digit number. NANPA's dialing-plan note for this code reads: "Carriers must provide permissive 1+10D dialing for Foreign NPA Local Calls in areas where they provide optional EAS. 1+10 digit dialing required for local HNPA and FNPA excluding CMRS providers."

Phone companies in area code 614

31 carriers hold the 777 central office codes assigned in 614. Ohio Bell Tel CO has the most, with 249 (32%). 487 of the codes (63%) are pooled, meaning the code holder shares blocks of 1,000 numbers with other carriers instead of using all 10,000 itself. The code holder is not necessarily the carrier serving a given number today, since numbers can be ported between providers.

Rate centers and towns in 614

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 614 has codes in 16 rate centers. Rate center names in the file are abbreviations; where one matches a Census place, the table links to that city's local-number page.

614 code assignments over time

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). 777 are assigned in 614, 97% of 800. 13 were assigned in 2020 or later.

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