Area code 302
{{Short description|US telephone area code for Delaware}}
Area code 302 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Delaware. It is Delaware's only area code, and was assigned in 1947 as one of the original North American area codes.
Despite the rapid growth in telecommunication services in the northern part of the state, area code 302 is not projected to exhaust its numbering pool until 2033.
Prior to October 2021, area code 302 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf|date=January 8, 2021|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)|access-date=March 9, 2021}}
Delaware shares a LATA with Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Valley.{{cite web |url=http://www.latamaps.com/Telecom_Maps/Regional_LATA_maps/Mid-Atlantic_LATA_Map_-_Maponics.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519032549/http://www.latamaps.com/Telecom_Maps/Regional_LATA_maps/Mid-Atlantic_LATA_Map_-_Maponics.pdf |archive-date=2017-05-19 }}
Central office prefixes
Unless otherwise stated, most of the prefixes were introduced on or before February 4, 1994. Prefixes located in the Ocean View area also serve Bethany Beach, Millville and Fenwick Island. 976 is assigned to Wilmington, and requires dialling "1+302" first.
class="wikitable sortable"
|+Central office prefixes in area code 302{{Cite web |title=Area Code 302 |url=https://www.area-codes.com/area-code/area-code-302.asp |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.area-codes.com}} !Prefix !Location !County !Introduced |
200
|November 21, 2006 |
202
|Kent |April 7, 2014 |
203
|October 17, 2012 |
204
|October 13, 1999 |
205
|October 13, 1999 |
206
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
207
|October 13, 1999 |
208
|October 13, 1999 |
209
|October 13, 1999 |
212
|January 26, 2012 |
213
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
214
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
216
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
217
|October 13, 1999 |
218
|August 14, 1998 |
219
|October 13, 1999 |
220
|October 15, 1996 |
221
|May 18, 1998 |
222
|Kent |March 21, 2001 |
223
|Kent |April 1, 1997 |
224
|May 18, 1998 |
225
|May 18, 1998 |
226
|February 4, 1994 |
227
|February 4, 1994 |
228
|Kent |April 15, 1996 |
229
|April 15, 1996 |
230
|August 14, 1998 |
231
|April 1, 1997 |
232
|April 1, 1997 |
233
|Kent |April 1, 1997 |
234
|February 4, 1994 |
235
|January 11, 1997 |
236
|January 10, 1996 |
238
|February 4, 1994 |
239
|February 4, 1994 |
240
|Kent |April 9, 2014 |
241
|Kent |June 30, 2001 |
242
|Kent |September 11, 1994 |
243
|April 15, 1996 |
244
|Kent |December 28, 2015 |
245
|February 9, 2001 |
246
|November 20, 1998 |
247
|September 11, 1994 |
248
|August 14, 1998 |
249
|Kent |April 1, 1997 |
250
|April 23, 2001 |
251
|August 14, 1998 |
252
|April 1, 1997 |
253
|August 14, 1998 |
254
|May 18, 1998 |
255
|June 13, 2000 |
256
|November 7, 2006 |
257
|Kent |June 20, 2011 |
258
|June 30, 2001 |
259
|March 30, 2011 |
260
|October 3, 2001 |
261
|Bear |February 27, 1999 |
262
|November 20, 1998 |
263
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
264
|Kent |March 19, 2001 |
265
|Kent |June 30, 2001 |
266
|October 15, 1996 |
268
|September 22, 2011 |
269
|Kent |February 27, 1999 |
270
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
272
|Kent |March 6, 2009 |
273
|April 23, 2013 |
274
|May 10, 2017 |
275
|August 20, 2000 |
276
|April 14, 2005 |
277
|July 6, 1997 |
278
|August 14, 2015 |
279
|October 31, 2000 |
280
|November 20, 1998 |
281
|September 23, 2001 |
282
|August 14, 1998 |
283
|April 1, 1997 |
284
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
285
|August 14, 1998 |
286
|November 20, 1998 |
287
|September 5, 2008 |
288
|June 22, 2004 |
289
|Kent |March 3, 2001 |
290
|February 19, 2002 |
291
|November 3, 2017 |
292
|February 4, 1994 |
293
|July 5, 2002 |
294
|October 31, 2000 |
295
|November 20, 1998 |
296
|November 20, 1998 |
297
|November 20, 1998 |
298
|March 5, 2008 |
299
|August 29, 2003 |
300
|October 11, 2010 |
301
|March 6, 2018 |
303
|October 13, 1999 |
304
|May 22, 2012 |
305
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
306
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
307
|October 13, 1999 |
308
|October 13, 1999 |
309
|October 13, 1999 |
310
|Kent |September 2, 2014 |
312
|October 13, 1999 |
313
|October 13, 1999 |
314
|October 13, 1999 |
315
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
316
|October 13, 1999 |
317
|October 13, 1999 |
318
|October 13, 1999 |
319
|January 11, 2010 |
320
|February 4, 1994 |
321
|August 14, 1998 |
322
|February 4, 1994 |
323
|February 4, 1994 |
324
|February 4, 1994 |
325
|February 4, 1994 |
326
|January 10, 1996 |
327
|May 10, 1999 |
328
|February 4, 1994 |
329
|November 20, 1998 |
330
|August 14, 1998 |
331
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
332
|May 11, 2010 |
333
|January 9, 2009 |
334
|August 14, 1998 |
335
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
336
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
337
|February 4, 1994 |
338
|June 7, 2004 |
339
|February 27, 1999 |
340
|Bear |June 7, 2004 |
341
|June 7, 2004 |
342
|Kent |November 20, 1998 |
343
|Kent |November 20, 1998 |
344
|October 13, 1999 |
345
|October 31, 2000 |
346
|Kent |August 14, 1998 |
347
|April 30, 2004 |
348
|April 30, 2004 |
349
|February 4, 1994 |
350
|Kent |April 1, 1997 |
351
|July 22, 1999 |
352
|July 22, 1999 |
353
|August 14, 1998 |
354
|August 14, 1998 |
355
|July 22, 1999 |
356
|July 22, 1999 |
357
|May 8, 2008 |
358
|June 6, 2008 |
359
|Kent |October 15, 1996 |
360
|February 27, 1999 |
361
|June 7, 2004 |
362
|March 6, 2009 |
363
|Kent |August 14, 1998 |
364
|April 1, 1997 |
365
|Bear |January 11, 1997 |
366
|February 4, 1994 |
367
|October 15, 1996 |
368
|February 4, 1994 |
369
|February 11, 1995 |
370
|June 7, 2004 |
371
|June 7, 2004 |
372
|June 7, 2004 |
373
|February 4, 1994 |
374
|June 7, 2004 |
375
|May 18, 1998 |
376
|February 4, 1994 |
377
|July 22, 1999 |
378
|February 4, 1994 |
379
|October 13, 1999 |
380
|Bear |June 7, 2004 |
381
|April 15, 1996 |
382
|Kent |April 15, 1996 |
383
|April 15, 1996 |
384
|October 13, 2005 |
385
|February 27, 1999 |
386
|March 28, 2018 |
387
|Kent |February 27, 1999 |
388
|July 22, 1999 |
389
|Kent |November 20, 1998 |
390
|June 11, 2018 |
391
|May 18, 1998 |
392
|Bear |May 18, 1998 |
393
|Kent |July 22, 1999 |
394
|March 13, 2009 |
395
|October 11, 1997 |
396
|January 12, 2010 |
397
|November 20, 1998 |
398
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
399
|Kent |July 22, 1999 |
400
|September 27, 2010 |
401
|Kent |June 7, 2010 |
402
|October 13, 1999 |
403
|October 13, 1999 |
404
|October 13, 1999 |
405
|October 13, 1999 |
406
|Kent |October 13, 1999 |
407
|October 13, 1999 |
408
|August 31, 2010 |
409
|February 12, 2010 |
412
|March 3, 2001 |
413
|July 20, 2010 |
414
|August 31, 2010 |
415
|July 8, 2010 |
416
|November 6, 2008 |
417
|September 28, 2010 |
418
|September 7, 2010 |
419
|June 13, 2000 |
420
|January 10, 1996 |
421
|February 4, 1994 |
422
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
423
|Kent |April 15, 1996 |
424
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
425
|February 4, 1994 |
426
|February 4, 1994 |
427
|February 4, 1994 |
428
|February 4, 1994 |
429
|February 4, 1994 |
430
|Kent |May 10, 1999 |
431
|January 10, 1996 |
432
|July 4, 1995 |
433
|September 11, 1994 |
434
|July 4, 1995 |
435
|January 10, 1996 |
436
|February 4, 1994 |
437
|October 15, 1996 |
438
|July 22, 1999 |
439
|March 27, 2001 |
440
|Bear |April 4, 2013 |
441
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
442
|August 14, 1998 |
444
|October 13, 1999 |
445
|June 11, 2018 |
446
|Kent |June 11, 2018 |
447
|June 11, 2018 |
448
|June 13, 2000 |
449
|October 13, 1999 |
450
|Kent |August 14, 1998 |
451
|February 4, 1994 |
452
|February 4, 1994 |
453
|February 4, 1994 |
454
|February 4, 1994 |
455
|February 4, 1994 |
456
|February 4, 1994 |
457
|February 4, 1994 |
458
|February 4, 1994 |
459
|Kent |June 11, 2018 |
460
|Bear |September 27, 2010 |
461
|September 16, 2005 |
462
|November 20, 1998 |
463
|October 31, 2000 |
464
|May 15, 2006 |
465
|Kent |February 27, 1999 |
466
|January 11, 1997 |
467
|October 15, 1996 |
468
|July 29, 2008 |
469
|Kent |October 11, 1997 |
470
|June 18, 2014 |
471
|Kent |June 11, 2018 |
472
|May 10, 1999 |
473
|November 27, 2018 |
474
|October 13, 1999 |
475
|February 4, 1994 |
476
|November 20, 1998 |
477
|February 4, 1994 |
478
|February 4, 1994 |
479
|February 4, 1994 |
480
|Kent |March 10, 2011 |
481
|November 20, 1998 |
482
|November 8, 2004 |
483
|August 14, 1998 |
485
|December 6, 2018 |
486
|December 6, 2018 |
487
|Kent |January 30, 2019 |
488
|Kent |September 22, 2016 |
489
|May 18, 1998 |
490
|April 26, 2019 |
491
|Kent |November 20, 1998 |
492
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
493
|May 13, 2019 |
494
|February 27, 1999 |
495
|November 20, 1998 |
496
|June 12, 2019 |
497
|March 3, 2001 |
498
|August 14, 1998 |
499
|Bear |September 27, 2010 |
500
|February 16, 2010 |
501
|April 11, 2013 |
502
|May 28, 2013 |
503
|Kent |April 25, 2014 |
504
|June 13, 2000 |
505
|Kent |May 27, 2014 |
506
|October 31, 2000 |
507
|June 30, 2001 |
508
|Kent |May 27, 2014 |
509
|February 24, 2015 |
510
|June 15, 2016 |
512
|February 18, 2014 |
513
|October 7, 2014 |
514
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
515
|August 18, 2014 |
516
|March 17, 2015 |
517
|August 30, 2010 |
518
|March 30, 2015 |
519
|August 11, 2006 |
520
|Bear |September 7, 2010 |
521
|October 15, 1996 |
522
|September 7, 2010 |
523
|April 1, 1997 |
524
|June 13, 2000 |
525
|June 21, 2001 |
526
|Kent |June 21, 2001 |
527
|Kent |August 14, 1998 |
528
|June 30, 2001 |
529
|February 4, 1994 |
530
|February 4, 1994 |
531
|Kent |August 14, 1998 |
532
|September 27, 2010 |
533
|January 11, 1997 |
534
|October 31, 2000 |
535
|Kent |August 11, 2006 |
536
|June 13, 2000 |
537
|February 4, 1994 |
538
|Kent |November 6, 2008 |
539
|February 4, 1994 |
540
|February 4, 1994 |
541
|October 11, 1997 |
542
|February 4, 1994 |
543
|April 25, 2005 |
544
|June 13, 2000 |
545
|September 11, 1994 |
546
|Kent |October 25, 2019 |
547
|February 11, 1995 |
548
|November 1, 2019 |
549
|February 27, 1999 |
550
|October 10, 2019 |
551
|September 1, 2020 |
552
|November 20, 1998 |
553
|November 1, 2019 |
554
|Kent |September 18, 2020 |
556
|September 21, 2020 |
557
|December 21, 2020 |
558
|February 3, 2021 |
559
|January 25, 1998 |
560
|April 19, 2021 |
561
|April 15, 1996 |
562
|January 10, 1996 |
563
|January 10, 1996 |
564
|November 20, 1998 |
565
|July 22, 1999 |
566
|Kent |January 11, 1997 |
567
|November 6, 2015 |
568
|May 7, 2021 |
569
|June 13, 2000 |
570
|Kent |January 11, 1997 |
571
|February 4, 1994 |
572
|Kent |November 20, 1998 |
573
|February 4, 1994 |
574
|May 10, 1999 |
575
|February 4, 1994 |
576
|February 4, 1994 |
577
|February 4, 1994 |
578
|January 11, 1997 |
579
|January 4, 2022 |
580
|Kent |September 10, 2021 |
581
|June 13, 2000 |
582
|October 4, 2021 |
583
|Bear |August 30, 2010 |
584
|July 4, 1995 |
585
|September 28, 2010 |
586
|Kent |October 27, 2021 |
587
|Kent |November 4, 2021 |
588
|June 30, 2001 |
589
|December 28, 2021 |
590
|Kent |December 10, 2021 |
591
|January 25, 2022 |
592
|Kent |April 19, 2021 |
593
|January 10, 1996 |
594
|February 4, 1994 |
595
|Bear |October 13, 1999 |
596
|February 25, 2022 |
597
|Bear |August 31, 2010 |
598
|January 10, 1996 |
599
|May 25, 2021 |
600
|March 23, 2015 |
601
|Bear |April 14, 2015 |
602
|June 13, 2000 |
603
|Kent |September 22, 2015 |
604
|January 4, 2006 |
605
|August 11, 2015 |
606
|Kent |April 19, 2021 |
607
|June 13, 2000 |
608
|Kent |July 25, 2016 |
609
|April 13, 2022 |
612
|Kent |May 24, 2016 |
613
|June 13, 2000 |
616
|July 6, 2010 |
621
|September 7, 2010 |
622
|October 15, 1996 |
623
|February 4, 1994 |
624
|June 13, 2000 |
628
|February 4, 1994 |
629
|February 4, 1994 |
631
|April 1, 1997 |
632
|Kent |January 10, 1996 |
633
|February 4, 1994 |
634
|February 4, 1994 |
635
|April 1, 1997 |
636
|April 1, 1997 |
637
|January 25, 1998 |
639
|June 4, 2018 |
643
|June 13, 2000 |
644
|February 4, 1994 |
645
|February 4, 1994 |
647
|February 11, 1995 |
648
|April 1, 1997 |
650
|February 3, 2005 |
651
|February 4, 1994 |
652
|February 4, 1994 |
653
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
654
|February 4, 1994 |
655
|February 4, 1994 |
656
|February 4, 1994 |
657
|February 4, 1994 |
658
|February 4, 1994 |
659
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
660
|September 7, 2011 |
661
|July 6, 1997 |
662
|May 25, 2021 |
663
|June 13, 2000 |
664
|April 1, 1997 |
665
|Kent |December 21, 2020 |
666
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
667
|December 21, 2020 |
668
|June 6, 2001 |
669
|April 1, 1997 |
670
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
672
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
674
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
676
|December 21, 2020 |
677
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
678
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
682
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
683
|October 11, 1997 |
684
|February 4, 1994 |
685
|February 27, 1999 |
688
|July 29, 2020 |
689
|November 20, 1998 |
690
|February 11, 1995 |
691
|August 14, 1998 |
695
|February 4, 1994 |
696
|June 13, 2000 |
697
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
698
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
701
|Kent |April 19, 2021 |
702
|November 23, 2016 |
703
|June 13, 2000 |
709
|July 22, 1999 |
715
|June 13, 2000 |
721
|August 14, 1998 |
722
|May 10, 1999 |
723
|November 20, 1998 |
724
|Kent |May 10, 1999 |
725
|Kent |May 10, 1999 |
726
|March 1, 2022 |
727
|May 10, 1999 |
729
|November 20, 1998 |
730
|Kent |July 6, 1997 |
731
|February 4, 1994 |
732
|February 4, 1994 |
733
|February 4, 1994 |
734
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
735
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
736
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
737
|February 4, 1994 |
738
|February 4, 1994 |
739
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
740
|February 4, 1994 |
741
|Kent |February 11, 1995 |
742
|March 1, 2022 |
743
|April 15, 1996 |
744
|Kent |May 10, 1999 |
745
|Kent |February 4, 1994 |
746
|June 13, 2000 |
747
|Kent |January 11, 1997 |
750
|February 4, 1994 |
751
|Kent |January 11, 1997 |
752
|January 11, 1997 |
753
|February 11, 1995 |
754
|January 11, 1997 |
757
|June 13, 2000 |
758
|February 27, 1999 |
760
|Kent |May 18, 1998 |
761
|February 4, 1994 |
762
|February 4, 1994 |
763
|June 13, 2000 |
764
|February 4, 1994 |
765
|April 15, 1996 |
766
|January 10, 1996 |
770
|October 10, 2019 |
772
|February 4, 1994 |
773
|February 4, 1994 |
774
|February 4, 1994 |
775
|February 24, 2016 |
777
|February 11, 1995 |
778
|October 11, 1997 |
779
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
780
|March 9, 2001 |
781
|August 14, 1998 |
782
|Kent |March 9, 2001 |
783
|March 9, 2001 |
784
|February 11, 1995 |
786
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
787
|March 9, 2001 |
788
|March 9, 2001 |
789
|March 9, 2001 |
791
|February 4, 1994 |
792
|February 4, 1994 |
793
|October 15, 1996 |
797
|May 10, 1999 |
798
|February 4, 1994 |
800
|March 23, 2015 |
802
|Kent |May 28, 2021 |
803
|September 9, 2013 |
804
|June 13, 2000 |
815
|June 13, 2000 |
822
|February 4, 1994 |
824
|January 21, 2006 |
826
|January 11, 1997 |
827
|January 11, 1997 |
828
|January 11, 1997 |
829
|April 1, 1997 |
830
|October 11, 1997 |
831
|February 4, 1994 |
832
|February 4, 1994 |
834
|February 4, 1994 |
836
|February 4, 1994 |
837
|February 4, 1994 |
838
|October 11, 1997 |
839
|Kent |August 14, 1998 |
841
|June 13, 2000 |
842
|June 5, 2018 |
844
|Kent |September 3, 2020 |
846
|January 10, 1996 |
853
|July 6, 1997 |
854
|February 11, 1995 |
855
|February 4, 1994 |
856
|February 4, 1994 |
857
|Kent |February 27, 1999 |
858
|May 10, 1999 |
861
|August 14, 1998 |
864
|April 1, 1997 |
865
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
866
|Kent |July 29, 2020 |
867
|June 25, 2019 |
870
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
873
|September 27, 2010 |
875
|February 4, 1994 |
877
|May 10, 1999 |
878
|December 21, 2020 |
883
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
884
|February 4, 1994 |
885
|June 13, 2000 |
886
|February 4, 1994 |
887
|February 4, 1994 |
888
|February 4, 1994 |
889
|December 21, 2020 |
892
|February 4, 1994 |
893
|February 27, 1999 |
894
|October 11, 1997 |
897
|July 19, 2001 |
898
|April 16, 2001 |
899
|Kent |July 29, 2020 |
900
|Kent |March 20, 2015 |
907
|June 13, 2000 |
918
|Bear |June 13, 2000 |
922
|Kent |July 6, 2009 |
924
|Kent |August 14, 1998 |
927
|June 13, 2000 |
929
|April 1, 1997 |
930
|Kent |April 1, 1997 |
932
|July 6, 2009 |
933
|January 11, 1997 |
934
|February 4, 1994 |
943
|Kent |June 13, 2000 |
945
|February 4, 1994 |
946
|Bear |July 17, 2020 |
947
|February 4, 1994 |
956
|June 13, 2000 |
966
|June 13, 2000 |
981
|January 25, 1998 |
983
|October 15, 1996 |
984
|February 4, 1994 |
985
|October 15, 1996 |
988
|April 1, 1997 |
990
|April 1, 1997 |
991
|July 16, 2020 |
992
|February 4, 1994 |
993
|February 4, 1994 |
994
|February 4, 1994 |
995
|February 4, 1994 |
996
|February 4, 1994 |
998
|February 4, 1994 |
999
|February 4, 1994 |
References
External links
{{Area code footer|Map=DE}}
{{Area code box|State=DE|This=302|S1=MD|S2=NJ|S3=PA
|N=610/484/835
|S=410/443/667
|E=856, 609/640, Atlantic Ocean
|W=410/443/667
}}
{{Area code list}}