The State of Louisiana is one of the West South Central states and it is located in Southern region of United States. The Standard Time Zone followed by the state is Central Time Zone. There are total five area codes providing telephone services in the state of Louisiana.
It was created in 1999 for providing numbering relief to area code 504. The code is providing telephone services in the southern regions of the state. Nine-parish Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area is entirely served by this area code.
This is North American Area Code reserved for providing telephone services to Central and Northern areas of Louisiana. It was created in 1957 for providing numbering relief to area code 504.
It was created in 2000 as a result in split of area code 318. It is providing telephone services in Southwestern region of the state.
This is one of the original telephone area codes created in 1947. The code is providing telephone services in the regions of greater New Orleans.
It was formed in 2001 for providing telephone services in Southeast regions of the state. However, New Orleans situated in southeastern part is not served by the code 985. This area code was created for providing numbering relief to area code 504.