Area code 971

Where area code 971 is

971 is one of 4 geographic area codes serving Oregon; NANPA records its in-service date as October 1, 2000. It is an overlay: 971 and 503 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 Portland, Beaverton, Salem, McMinnville, and Tillamook. By population, its largest named places are Portland, Salem, Gresham, Beaverton, and McMinnville.

Places served by 971

971 holds 20% of the 2,230 central office codes assigned in Oregon, the 3rd most of the state's 4 codes. 37 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 971 exchanges; the most populous are Portland (636,000), Salem (180,000), Gresham (112,000), and Beaverton (98,302). Each place page lists the exact prefixes and carriers for that town.

Ten-digit and seven-digit dialing in 971

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 971 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.

Who holds 971 exchanges

48 carriers hold the 441 central office codes assigned in 971. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC has the most, with 63 (14%). 431 of the codes (98%) 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 971

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 971 has codes in 55 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.

971 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). 441 are assigned in 971, 55% of 800. 182 were assigned in 2020 or later.

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