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The state of Florida was a single numbering plan area with area code 305. In 1953, with the development of Direct Distance Dialing , the western part of the peninsula from the Tampa Bay area south, which was serviced mostly by General Telephone (GTE), was designated as a separate numbering plan area with area code 813 . [ 2 ]
In 1988, area code 407 was introduced for the Orlando area. [1] In 1995, area code 954 was introduced for Broward County. In 1996, area code 239 was introduced for southwest Florida and area code 352 for the areas around Gainesville and Ocala. Many new area codes were introduced in the first two decades of the 21st century, as a result of city ...
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The Tampa Bay area is a major metropolitan area surrounding Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa , St. Petersburg , and Clearwater . It is the 17th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a population of 3,175,275 as of the 2020 U.S. census .
Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes. The rules for numbering NPAs do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position. [1] Area codes with two identical trailing digits are easily recognizable codes (ERC). NPAs with 9 in the second position are reserved for future format expansion.
Area code 239; Area codes 305, 786, and 645; Area code 321; Area code 352; Area code 386; Area codes 407 and 689; Area codes 561 and 728; Area code 727; Area code 728; Area codes 954 and 754; Area code 772; Area codes 813 and 656; Area codes 850 and 448; Area code 863; Area codes 904 and 324; Area code 941
Area code 813 was unmodified for 43 years until 1996, when the 13 counties outside of the immediate Tampa Bay area (all but Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties) were assigned area code 941. In 1999, numbering plan area 863 took its current form as the coastal counties kept 941, while the rest received area code 863.
The following is a complete list of the 22 metropolitan areas in Florida, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The largest, the Miami metropolitan area, is the ninth-largest among metropolitan areas in the U.S.