# Area code 562 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_562 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_562.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_562 > Source revision: 1340737729 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Area code in southern California Numbering plan areas in California (blue) and border states. Area code 562 is shown in red. **Area code 562** is a telephone [area code](/source/NPA_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) for much of southeastern [Los Angeles County](/source/Los_Angeles_County) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [California](/source/California). The numbering plan area also includes [Long Beach](/source/Long_Beach), and parts of northern [Orange County](/source/Orange_County%2C_California). The area code was created in an [area code split](/source/Area_code_split) of [area code 310](/source/Area_code_310) on January 25, 1997. ## History Prior to November 2, 1991, this region had been part of [area code 213](/source/Area_code_213). On that date, most of the western and southern portions of the old 213 region became [area code 310](/source/Area_code_310). On January 25, 1997, the southern portion of the old 310 territory split again to become the 562 area code. 562 was originally intended to be an overlay code exclusively for cellular telephones and pagers in the 310 numbering plan area in late 1995. However, the overlay (and all others in CA since 2008) was cancelled after cellular companies sued the [California Public Utilities Commission](/source/California_Public_Utilities_Commission) to prevent a repeat of a similar split in New York City, where all 212 and 718 mobile customers were changed over to a new 917 NPA. Cellular technology was relatively new, and the industry argued that separate area codes for cellular customers created a stigma and would hurt sales as people wanted their home and cell phone numbers to be in the same area code. After years in court, the CPUC sided with the cellular industry, and so plans were made to split 310 instead.[1] Prior to October 2021, area code 562 had telephone numbers assigned for the [central office code](/source/Central_office_code) 988. In 2020, *988* was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [National Suicide Prevention Lifeline](/source/National_Suicide_Prevention_Lifeline), which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [seven-digit dialing](/source/Seven-digit_dialing). This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [ten-digit dialing](/source/Ten-digit_dialing) by October 24, 2021.[2] ## Service area The numbering plan area comprises [Los Angeles County](/source/Los_Angeles_County) and the cities of [Seal Beach](/source/Seal_Beach) and [Los Alamitos](/source/Los_Alamitos%2C_California), which are in the very northwest corner of the [Orange County](/source/Orange_County%2C_California) coastline, portions of the city of [La Habra](/source/La_Habra), and the very small and northwest part of the city of [Brea](/source/Brea%2C_California) in the very northwest corner of inland Orange County. These exceptions exist because, at the time of 310's creation, [Pacific Bell](/source/Pacific_Bell) (now part of [AT&T Inc.](/source/AT%26T_Inc.)) was the primary telephone company for most of Southern California, whereas this region's primary telephone company was [GTE](/source/GTE) (later [Verizon](/source/Verizon) and now part of [Frontier](/source/Frontier_Communications)). When 310 was created from the southern portion of the old 213 territory, Pacific Bell chose to move all of GTE's area code 213 exchanges into the 310 area code. As the primary telephone provider in Southern California. ### Los Angeles County - [Artesia](/source/Artesia%2C_California) - [Bell Gardens](/source/Bell_Gardens) (also in the [213/323 NPA](/source/Area_codes_213_and_323)) - [Bellflower](/source/Bellflower%2C_California) - [Cerritos](/source/Cerritos%2C_California) (small portion in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Commerce](/source/Commerce%2C_California) (mostly in the [213/323 NPA](/source/Area_codes_213_and_323)) - [Downey](/source/Downey%2C_California) - [East Whittier](/source/East_Whittier%2C_California) - [Hacienda Heights](/source/Hacienda_Heights) (mostly in the 626 NPA) - [Hawaiian Gardens](/source/Hawaiian_Gardens) - [Industry](/source/Industry%2C_California) (mostly in the 626 NPA and small portion in the [840/909 NPA](/source/Area_codes_909_and_840)) - [La Habra Heights](/source/La_Habra_Heights) - [La Mirada](/source/La_Mirada) (small portion in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Lakewood](/source/Lakewood%2C_California) - [Long Beach](/source/Long_Beach) - [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_California) - [Paramount](/source/Paramount%2C_California) - [Pico Rivera](/source/Pico_Rivera) - [Rowland Heights](/source/Rowland_Heights) (mostly in the [626](/source/Area_code_626) and [840/909](/source/Area_codes_909_and_840) NPAs) - [Santa Fe Springs](/source/Santa_Fe_Springs) - [Signal Hill](/source/Signal_Hill%2C_California) - [South Gate](/source/South_Gate%2C_California) (mostly in the [213/323](/source/Area_codes_213_and_323) NPA and small portion in 310/424) - [South Whittier](/source/South_Whittier) - [West Whittier-Los Nietos](/source/West_Whittier-Los_Nietos) - [Whittier](/source/Whittier%2C_California) ### Orange County - [Brea](/source/Brea%2C_California) (mostly in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Buena Park](/source/Buena_Park) (mostly in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Cypress](/source/Cypress%2C_California) (mostly in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Fullerton](/source/Fullerton%2C_California) (mostly in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Huntington Beach](/source/Huntington_Beach) (mostly in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657); only the [Sunset Beach](/source/Sunset_Beach%2C_California) neighborhood is in the 562 NPA) - [La Habra](/source/La_Habra) (small portion in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [La Palma](/source/La_Palma%2C_California) (mostly in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Los Alamitos](/source/Los_Alamitos%2C_California) (small portion in the [657/714 NPA](/source/Area_codes_714_and_657)) - [Rossmoor](/source/Rossmoor%2C_California) - [Seal Beach](/source/Seal_Beach) ## See also - [List of California area codes](/source/List_of_California_area_codes) - [List of North American Numbering Plan area codes](/source/List_of_North_American_Numbering_Plan_area_codes) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Half of 310 Area Code Will Be Changed to 562"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-12-me-34367-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. August 12, 1995. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-pl556_2-0)** ["Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)"](https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf) (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021. ## External links - [Southern California area code map](https://web.archive.org/web/20060214233057/http://www.whitepages.com/10001/maps/SCA) - ["Area Code Maps"](https://www.nanpa.com/resources/area-code-maps). [North American Numbering Plan Administrator](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan_Administrator). California area codes: 209/350, 213/323, 310/424, 408/669, 415/628, 510/341, 530, 559, 562, 619/858, 626, 650, 661, 707/369, 714/657, 760/442, 805/820, 818/747, 831, 909/840, 916/279, 925, 949, 951 North: 626, 213/323 West: 310/424, 213/323 area code 562 East: 657/714 South: Pacific Ocean [33°54′N 118°06′W / 33.9°N 118.1°W / 33.9; -118.1](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Area_code_562¶ms=33.9_N_118.1_W_region:US-CA) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Area code 562](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_562) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_562?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.