Virginia area codes — detailed data

NANPA NPA database, current as of July 28, 2026.

Full numbering detail for every active Virginia area code: lineage (which code it split from), NANPA exhaust projections, dialing plans and jeopardy status. This is the working data behind the overview page.

Aggregate footprint: the state's 10 geographic codes currently carry 4,840 active NXX prefixes over 498 rate-center anchorings, with 3,712 prefixes in thousands-block pooling. 9 of the codes serve territory inside FCC top-100 metropolitan statistical areas.

Lineage: 276 came out of 540 in 2001; 434 came out of 804 in 2001; 540 came out of 703 in 1995; 571 came out of 703 in 2000; 686 came out of 804 in 2024; 757 came out of 804 in 1996; 826 came out of 540 in 2022; 948 came out of 757 in 2022. The remaining codes (703, 804) date back to the plan's early assignments.

Dialing plans: 9 codes use plain ten-digit local dialing (10D); 1 still allows seven-digit local calls. Overlay territories always dial ten digits; the 2021 988-hotline transition moved most others to ten digits as well.

The tightest capacity in the state is 571 (complex 571/703), projected to exhaust 1Q 2031.

Status: no Virginia code is currently in jeopardy or active relief planning — capacity is adequate near-term per NANPA.

Code-by-code notes

540 — spawned 276, 826; carved from 703; overlaid by 826; exhaust forecast 1Q 2053.

757 — spawned 948; carved from 804; overlaid by 948; exhaust forecast 3Q 2062.

804 — spawned 757, 434, 686; overlaid by 686; exhaust forecast 4Q 2055.

703 — spawned 540, 571; overlaid by 571; exhaust forecast 1Q 2031.

571 — carved from 703; overlaid by 703; exhaust forecast 1Q 2031.

434 — carved from 804; exhaust forecast 1Q 2042.

276 — carved from 540; exhaust forecast 4Q 2071.

826 — carved from 540; overlaid by 540; exhaust forecast 1Q 2053.

948 — carved from 757; overlaid by 757; exhaust forecast 3Q 2062.

686 — carved from 804; overlaid by 804; exhaust forecast 4Q 2055.