Get a local business phone number in Lucedale, MS

Lucedale area codes

Lucedale city is a Census place in George County, Mississippi, with an estimated 3,124 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 14 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (12, 86%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Lucedale may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Lucedale is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 601 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Lucedale phone exchanges

10 carriers hold the 14 exchanges assigned to Lucedale's rate center. Telepak Networks, INC. - MS has the most, with 2. 11 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Lucedale phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Lucedale. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 2 of the 14 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Lucedale's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Lucedale's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

Rate centers and local calling in Lucedale

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Lucedale, those come from the LUCEDALE rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

If your business already has a Lucedale number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

Businesses around Lucedale

Lucedale is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 60,465 business establishments in Mississippi in 2023, employing 956,079 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (11,303), health care and social assistance (7,038), and other services (except public administration) (6,523).

Setting up a Lucedale business line

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Porting a number you already use in Lucedale is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

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