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201 Area Code

Area code 201 serves Jersey City, Bayonne, Union City, Hoboken, West New York and nearby communities in New Jersey. It has been in service since January 1, 1947.

StateNew Jersey
Time zoneEastern
Local time now…
Prefixes in use780
Overlay with551
Projected to run out2048
Jersey CityBayonneUnion CityHobokenWest New YorkHackensackKearnyFort LeeFair LawnEnglewoodBergenfieldParamusCliffside ParkRidgewoodLodiSecaucusElmwood ParkMorristownPalisades ParkRutherfordDumontNew MilfordNorth ArlingtonFairviewEdgewaterTenaflyRamseyRidgefield ParkOaklandGlen RockHasbrouck HeightsRiver EdgeGuttenbergRingwoodRidgefieldWanaqueWestwoodFranklin LakesLittle FerryEast RutherfordWood-RidgeWaldwickHillsdaleMaywoodMontvaleSuccasunnaBogotaPark RidgeLeoniaCresskillFlandersClosterUpper Saddle RiverOradellEmersonAllendaleMidland ParkOld TappanMorris PlainsCarlstadtWoodcliff LakeNorwoodEnglewood CliffsHarrington ParkJersey CityWest New YorkHackensack
Cities and towns served by area code 201

Who issues 201 numbers

Mobile 24%VoIP and cable 26%Landline 50%

Share of the 780 prefixes (the three digits after 201) assigned to each type of carrier. Classification by carrier name, approximate.

CarrierPrefixes
Verizon267
Verizon Business (MCImetro)76
AT&T Mobility69
Verizon Wireless64
T-Mobile52
Lumen (Level 3)47
AT&T (Teleport)32
Paetec Itel30

Cities and towns in area code 201

CityPopulationOther area codes
Jersey City302,013551
Bayonne74,744551
Union City66,656551
Hoboken59,027551
West New York53,192551
Hackensack46,380551
Kearny40,862551
Fort Lee40,345551
Fair Lawn37,128551
Englewood30,035551
Bergenfield28,754551
Paramus26,723551
Cliffside Park26,539551
Ridgewood26,527551
Lodi26,187551
Secaucus22,640551
Elmwood Park21,534551
Morristown20,750973, 862
Palisades Park20,317551
Rutherford19,132551
Dumont18,501551
New Milford17,133551
North Arlington16,601551
Fairview15,509551
Edgewater15,499551
Tenafly15,237551
Ramsey14,925551
Ridgefield Park13,372551
Oakland12,837551
Glen Rock12,288551
Hasbrouck Heights12,211551
River Edge12,159551
Guttenberg11,910551
Ringwood11,853551
Ridgefield11,547551
Wanaque11,418551
Westwood11,365551
Franklin Lakes11,180551
Little Ferry11,099551
East Rutherford10,566551

Showing the 40 largest of 64 places with 5,000+ residents.

Got a call from 201?

A 201 number was originally issued in New Jersey, but that does not prove the caller is there. 26% of 201 prefixes belong to VoIP and cable providers, whose numbers can be bought online and used from anywhere. Caller ID can also be spoofed, so treat urgent requests for money, codes or passwords from any area code with suspicion, and call back on a number you already know.

All 780 prefixes in area code 201

Format: (201) XXX-YYYY. Carrier is the company the block was originally assigned to; numbers may since have been ported to another carrier.

Questions about area code 201

Where is area code 201?
Area code 201 is in New Jersey. It covers Jersey City, Bayonne, Union City, Hoboken, West New York, Hackensack and 58 more cities and towns.
What time zone is area code 201?
Area code 201 is in the Eastern time zone.
Is 201 a toll-free number?
No. 201 is a geographic area code in New Jersey. Toll-free numbers in the US start with 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877 or 888.
Why does 201 share its area with 551?
201 and 551 form an overlay: they cover the same territory, so new numbers there can get any of these codes, and local calls need all 10 digits.
Will area code 201 run out of numbers?
NANPA's latest forecast projects the 201/551 overlay to exhaust in the second quarter of 2048. Before that happens, a new area code is usually added as an overlay; existing numbers keep their code.

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