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Washington D.C.
Area Codes

Washington D.C. has 1 active area codes covering the Northeast region. Get a local Washington D.C. number instantly — no physical office required.

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Total Codes
1
Primary City
Washington DC
Time Zone
Eastern (ET)
Region
Northeast
State Abbr
DC
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All area codes in Washington D.C.

CodeRegionMajor Cities
202District of ColumbiaWashington DC, Capitol Hill, GeorgetownGet this number
WHY GO LOCAL

Why your business needs a Washington D.C. number

Look local in Washington DC

When customers in Washington DC and across Washington D.C. see a familiar area code on their caller ID, they pick up. A local number signals you're part of their community — even if your team works from anywhere.

Expand without an office

Open a virtual presence in Washington D.C. without leasing space or hiring locally. Your DC number rings your existing team, wherever they are in the world.

Serve customers in their time zone

Washington D.C. runs on Eastern (ET) time. Route calls to agents who answer during local business hours, and let the AI receptionist cover everything outside them.

Cover all of Washington D.C. at once

With 1 area code to choose from, you can hold numbers in every Washington D.C. market you sell to — and manage them all from one MeraTalk dashboard.

A SHORT HISTORY

How Washington D.C. got its area codes

Area codes are added as a region's demand for phone numbers grows. Here's when each Washington D.C. code came online and the communities it was created to serve.

1947

Area code 202 arrives in District of Columbia

202 was Washington D.C.'s founding code, assigned to District of Columbia and anchored by Washington DC. It remains the code most Washington D.C. residents associate with Washington DC and Capitol Hill.

MORE THAN A NUMBER

Everything included with your DC number

A Washington D.C. number on MeraTalk isn't a standalone line — it's the front door to a full cloud phone system your whole team can use.

Calling & SMS on one number

Make and receive calls and texts from your DC number on desktop, mobile, or desk phone.

AI receptionist

An AI receptionist answers, screens, and routes every call to your number — around the clock.

Voicemail transcription

Missed calls become readable transcripts in your inbox, so nothing from your customers slips through.

Call routing & ring groups

Send Washington D.C. callers to the right person or team automatically, based on schedules you control.

Shared team inbox

Your whole team can see, answer, and follow up on calls and texts to the same local number.

Number porting

Already have a Washington D.C. number? Bring it with you — porting is supported on every plan.

Browse area codes by state

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Northeast
StateCodesArea Codes
ConnecticutCT4 codes
DelawareDE1 code
MaineME1 code
MarylandMD5 codes
MassachusettsMA9 codes
339·351·413·508·617·774·781·857+1 more
New HampshireNH1 code
New JerseyNJ10 codes
201·551·609·640·732·848·856·862+2 more
New YorkNY19 codes
212·315·332·347·516·518·585·607+11 more
PennsylvaniaPA13 codes
215·223·267·272·412·445·484·570+5 more
Rhode IslandRI1 code
VermontVT1 code
South
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AlabamaAL5 codes
ArkansasAR3 codes
FloridaFL17 codes
239·305·321·352·386·407·561·727+9 more
GeorgiaGA9 codes
229·404·470·478·678·706·762·770+1 more
KentuckyKY5 codes
LouisianaLA5 codes
MississippiMS4 codes
North CarolinaNC9 codes
252·336·704·743·828·910·919·980+1 more
OklahomaOK4 codes
South CarolinaSC5 codes
TennesseeTN7 codes
TexasTX28 codes
210·214·254·281·325·346·361·409+20 more
VirginiaVA7 codes
West VirginiaWV2 codes
Midwest
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IllinoisIL16 codes
217·224·309·312·331·447·464·618+8 more
IndianaIN8 codes
IowaIA5 codes
KansasKS4 codes
MichiganMI13 codes
231·248·269·313·517·586·616·679+5 more
MinnesotaMN7 codes
MissouriMO6 codes
NebraskaNE3 codes
North DakotaND1 code
OhioOH12 codes
216·220·234·330·380·419·440·513+4 more
South DakotaSD1 code
WisconsinWI6 codes
West
StateCodesArea Codes
AlaskaAK1 code
ArizonaAZ5 codes
CaliforniaCA33 codes
209·213·310·323·408·415·424·442+25 more
ColoradoCO4 codes
HawaiiHI1 code
IdahoID2 codes
MontanaMT1 code
NevadaNV3 codes
New MexicoNM2 codes
OregonOR4 codes
UtahUT3 codes
WashingtonWA6 codes
WyomingWY1 code
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Puerto RicoPR2 codes
GuamGU1 code
U.S. Virgin IslandsVI1 code
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Three vendors collapsed into one bill, and the AI receptionist booked $38k of consultations while we were closed. The platform paid for the year inside the first quarter.

Customer
Multi-location dental practice
on consolidating the stack

Inbound calls finally attach to the right deal. We attributed six figures of pipeline last quarter to calls that used to disappear into a generic queue.

Customer
Mid-market insurance brokerage
on the HubSpot plugin

Our outbound dialer's connect rate doubled inside two weeks. Lead prioritisation actually works when it runs against your live CRM, not a stale CSV.

Customer
Staffing agency
on the AI Power Dialer

Every after-hours call used to be a missed job — about $7k a month down the drain. The AI receptionist closed the gap in week one.

Customer
Home services company
on the AI receptionist

Three vendors collapsed into one bill, and the AI receptionist booked $38k of consultations while we were closed. The platform paid for the year inside the first quarter.

Customer
Multi-location dental practice
on consolidating the stack

Inbound calls finally attach to the right deal. We attributed six figures of pipeline last quarter to calls that used to disappear into a generic queue.

Customer
Mid-market insurance brokerage
on the HubSpot plugin

Our outbound dialer's connect rate doubled inside two weeks. Lead prioritisation actually works when it runs against your live CRM, not a stale CSV.

Customer
Staffing agency
on the AI Power Dialer

Every after-hours call used to be a missed job — about $7k a month down the drain. The AI receptionist closed the gap in week one.

Customer
Home services company
on the AI receptionist
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