Fairfield County · Connecticut
Bridgeport, CT area codes and time zone
Quick answer
Bridgeport is served by area codes 203, 631, keeps EST time (GMT-5), and sits in county FIPS 09120.
- Area codes
- 203 · 631Within 25 miles of the city centre
- Time zone
- ESTAmerica/New_York
- UTC offset
- GMT-5EDT in summer (UTCGMT-4)
- County FIPS
- 09120Fairfield County
Dialling from and to Bridgeport
What this means when you pick up the phone.
Because more than one code covers this area, ten-digit dialling applies for local calls: area code plus number, every time. From abroad, dial +1 then the ten digits.
How Bridgeport came to have several area codes
Why one city can carry several codes.
Area codes are assigned to geography, then exhausted as demand grows. Bridgeport — population about 149k — is covered by codes 203, 631, drawn from within 25 miles of the city centre. Because these 2 codes serve the same footprint, they are overlays: the number pool ran low and a new code was layered on top rather than splitting the city apart. All ten digits are required for every local call.
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