Area code 804

Area code 804 at a glance

804 is one of 10 geographic area codes serving Virginia; NANPA records its in-service date as June 24, 1973. It is an overlay: 804 and 686 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 Richmond, Petersburg, Ashland, Hopewell, and Tappahannock. By population, its largest named places are Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Ashland, and Colonial Beach.

Where 804 numbers are local

804 holds 16% of the 4,898 central office codes assigned in Virginia, the 3rd most of the state's 10 codes. 15 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 804 exchanges; the most populous are Richmond (234,000), Petersburg (34,058), Hopewell (22,970), and Ashland (7,910). For a storefront or service area inside 804, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 804

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 804 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) 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. NANPA's dialing-plan note for this code reads: "1+10 digit dialing permissible at service provider discretion."

Phone companies in area code 804

43 carriers hold the 781 central office codes assigned in 804. Verizon Virginia, INC. has the most, with 194 (25%). 607 of the codes (78%) 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.

Where 804 numbers are rated

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 804 has codes in 55 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

804 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). 781 are assigned in 804, 98% of 800. 126 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Using area code 804 for business calls

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