Hinds County · Mississippi
Jackson, MS area codes and time zone
Quick answer
Jackson is served by area codes 601, 769, keeps CST time (GMT-6), and sits in county FIPS 28049.
- Area codes
- 601 · 769Within 25 miles of the city centre
- Time zone
- CSTAmerica/Chicago
- UTC offset
- GMT-6CDT in summer (UTCGMT-5)
- County FIPS
- 28049Hinds County
Dialling from and to Jackson
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 Jackson came to have several area codes
Why one city can carry several codes.
Area codes are assigned to geography, then exhausted as demand grows. Jackson — population about 144k — is covered by codes 601, 769, 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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