Sound local from Mobile to Huntsville
A 205, 251, 256 or 334 prefix reads as familiar across every Alabama metro — Birmingham clients trust 205 the way Gulf Coast leads trust 251.
Get a local Alabama number — 205 Birmingham, 251 Mobile, 256 Huntsville or 334 Montgomery — on the phone you already own. Sound local from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf Coast.
Alabama has 6 active area codes — 205, 251, 256 and 3 more. You can get a virtual Alabama phone number from any of these area codes through CallMama without a US address or SIM card.
Alabama received a single area code in the 1947 NANP rollout: 205, which covered the entire state from Huntsville's space coast to Mobile's port. For 48 years that was enough — Alabama's slow-growth telephony made it one of the last states to split.
The first split came in 1995, when 334 carved off Montgomery and the southeast. Three years later 256 split off North Alabama (Huntsville, Decatur, the Tennessee Valley), and in 2001 the Gulf Coast got its own code, 251, after Mobile's harbor district outgrew 334.
Today Alabama runs 6 codes — four geographic (205, 251, 256, 334) plus two overlays (659 over Birmingham, 938 over Huntsville) added as cellular density caught up to the metros.
Alabama held a single area code (205) for 48 years — from the 1947 NANP rollout until the 1995 Montgomery split. Today the state runs 4 geographic codes plus 2 overlays, and Birmingham's 205 remains the only original code never carved off another.
Every Alabama area code plotted at its primary city. Click any marker for that code's details. Overlays share geography with their parent code — they're shown offset on the map for visibility.
Every Alabama metro covered by a different prefix. Open any card to view its full detail page.
Find your city, find its area code, then activate a number with that prefix.
A local Alabama prefix outperforms an out-of-state cell at every customer touchpoint.
A 205, 251, 256 or 334 prefix reads as familiar across every Alabama metro — Birmingham clients trust 205 the way Gulf Coast leads trust 251.
Southern recipients screen unknown numbers harder than the national average. A local Alabama prefix lifts answer rates measurably on cold calls.
NANPA-routed Alabama numbers pass carrier authentication — no orange "potentially spam" label that kills response on first-touch leads.
Google's local pack ranks businesses with a local area code higher than out-of-state 800-numbers. Essential for Alabama service-area SEO.
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Each Alabama area code covers a distinct region. Here's how the population breaks down.
Source: US Census Bureau / ACS estimates.
Pick the digits, install the app, take the first call. That's the whole sequence.
CallMama generates 10–20 available numbers in any Alabama area code. Vanity patterns supported.
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| State | Area Codes | Time Zone | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 205251256334659938 | CT | 6 |
| Alaska | 907 | AKT | 1 |
| Arizona | 480520602623928 | MST | 5 |
| Arkansas | 479501870 | CT | 3 |
| California | 213310408415510619650714818916 | PT | 10 |
| Colorado | 303719720970 | MT | 4 |
| Connecticut | 203475860959 | ET | 4 |
| Delaware | 302 | ET | 1 |
| District of Columbia | 202 | ET | 1 |
| Florida | 239305321407561727786813850904954 | ET* | 11 |
| Georgia | 229404470478678706762770912 | ET | 9 |
| Hawaii | 808 | HST | 1 |
| Idaho | 208986 | MT* | 2 |
| Illinois | 217224309312331618630708773779815847872 | CT | 13 |
| Indiana | 219260317463574765812930 | ET* | 8 |
| Iowa | 319515563641712 | CT | 5 |
| Kansas | 316620785913 | CT* | 4 |
| Kentucky | 270364502606859 | ET* | 5 |
| Louisiana | 225318337504985 | CT | 5 |
| Maine | 207 | ET | 1 |
| Maryland | 240301410443667 | ET | 5 |
| Massachusetts | 339351413508617774781857978 | ET | 9 |
| Michigan | 231248269313517586616734810906947989 | ET* | 12 |
| Minnesota | 218320507612651763952 | CT | 7 |
| Mississippi | 228601662769 | CT | 4 |
| Missouri | 314417573636660816 | CT | 6 |
| Montana | 406 | MT | 1 |
| Nebraska | 308402531 | CT* | 3 |
| Nevada | 702725775 | PT | 3 |
| New Hampshire | 603 | ET | 1 |
| New Jersey | 201551609732848856862908973 | ET | 9 |
| New Mexico | 505575 | MT | 2 |
| New York | 212315332347516518585607631646680716718838845914917929934 | ET | 19 |
| North Carolina | 252336704743828910919980984 | ET | 9 |
| North Dakota | 701 | CT* | 1 |
| Ohio | 216234330380419440513567614740937 | ET | 11 |
| Oklahoma | 405539580918 | CT | 4 |
| Oregon | 458503541971 | PT* | 4 |
| Pennsylvania | 215267272412445484570610717724814878 | ET | 12 |
| Rhode Island | 401 | ET | 1 |
| South Carolina | 803843854864 | ET | 4 |
| South Dakota | 605 | CT* | 1 |
| Tennessee | 423615629731865901931 | CT* | 7 |
| Texas | 210214254281325346361409430432469512682713737806817830832903 | CT* | 20 |
| Utah | 385435801 | MT | 3 |
| Vermont | 802 | ET | 1 |
| Virginia | 276434540571703757804 | ET | 7 |
| Washington | 206253360425509564 | PT | 6 |
| West Virginia | 304681 | ET | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 262414534608715920 | CT | 6 |
| Wyoming | 307 | MT | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 787939 | AST | 2 |
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