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Area code
850
In service
United States · since 1997

Tallahassee / Pensacola

Serves the Florida Panhandle (northwestern Florida), including Tallahassee, Pensacola and Panama City. Overlaid by area code 448 since 2021.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Tallahassee / Pensacola
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1997
Projected exhaust
2057 Q3

Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.

A · Where it is

Where 850 is

Florida Panhandle (Northwest Florida).

Communities served wholly or partly by 850:

PensacolaTallahasseePanama City

Major cities across the Panhandle.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 850 was split from, spawned, or shares its area with. A split divides the map and changes some numbers; an overlay shares the same ground and changes none — what's the difference?

Split from · 1997 904 Jacksonville Split from 904 in 1997.
Overlay · 2021 448 Panhandle (overlay) All-services overlay covering the same 850 territory; in service June 22, 2021.
What's changing. Active overlay complex with 448 since June 22, 2021; ten-digit dialing required.
C · History

How 850 got here

1997-06-23
850 created from a 904 split; permissive dialing began.
Source: Wikipedia: Area codes 850 and 448
2019-11-05
Area code 448 approved as an overlay on 850.
Source: Wikipedia: Area codes 850 and 448
2021-06-22
Area code 448 placed in service.
Source: Wikipedia: Area codes 850 and 448
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
799
Prefixes available
1
Thousands-blocks assigned
3,247

Prefix-assignment counts describe allocation to carriers, not how many individual numbers are in use. Full technical records: NumberResearch ↗.

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Sources
Wikipedia ↗
Area codes 850 and 448
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

Place, relationships and history above are compiled by North American Numbers from the sources listed and last checked 2026-09-18. A check date is not an expert review — see how this is made. Flag an error.