Area code 984

Where area code 984 is

984 is one of 10 geographic area codes serving North Carolina; NANPA records its in-service date as April 30, 2012. It is an overlay: 984 and 919 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 Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, and Apex. By population, its largest named places are Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Apex, and Chapel Hill.

Places served by 984

984 holds 5.3% of the 5,574 central office codes assigned in North Carolina, the 8th most of the state's 10 codes. 32 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 984 exchanges; the most populous are Raleigh (500,000), Durham (302,000), Cary (183,000), and Apex (75,977). Each place page lists the exact prefixes and carriers for that town.

Ten-digit and seven-digit dialing in 984

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 984 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: "1+10 digit permissible at service providers discretion"

Who holds 984 exchanges

44 carriers hold the 295 central office codes assigned in 984. Onvoy, LLC - NC has the most, with 59 (20%). 294 of the codes (100%) 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 984

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 984 has codes in 38 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.

984 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). 295 are assigned in 984, 37% of 800. 173 were assigned in 2020 or later.

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