{{short description|Telephone area code for southern Orange County, California}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{California area codes image map|949}}
'''Area code 949''' is a telephone [[NPA code|area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]] in southern [[Orange County, California|Orange County]]. The area code was activated for service on April 18, 1998, to a numbering plan area that resulted from a split of [[area code 714]] with a boundary change to exclude the southern cities of Orange County, where the existing central office codes were retained in the new area code.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/PL-071.pdf |title=NANP-Split of 415 (California) Numbering Plan Area (NPA) |publisher=NANPA/Bellcore |date=1996-11-22 |access-date=2025-07-23 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leutza |first=Jack |title=Report on the 949 Area Code |date=2001-07-25 |url=https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/published/REPORT/8637.htm#P179_13749 |website=California Public Utilities Commission |access-date=2025-07-23 }}</ref>
==Service area== {{div col|colwidth=10em}} *[[Aliso Viejo]] *[[Costa Mesa]] (primarily the Westside) *[[Coto de Caza]] *[[Dana Point]] *[[Irvine, California|Irvine]] (small portion in the [[Area codes 714 and 657|657/714 area code]]) *[[Ladera Ranch]] *[[Laguna Beach]] *[[Laguna Hills]] *[[Laguna Niguel]] *[[Laguna Woods]] *[[Lake Forest, California|Lake Forest]] *[[Las Flores, California|Las Flores]] *[[Mission Viejo]] *[[Newport Beach]] *[[Rancho Mission Viejo, California|Rancho Mission Viejo]] *[[Rancho Santa Margarita, California|Rancho Santa Margarita]] *[[San Clemente]] *[[San Juan Capistrano]] *[[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]] (mostly in the [[Area codes 714 and 657|657/714 area code]]) *[[Trabuco Canyon]] *[[Tustin]] (mostly in the [[Area codes 714 and 657|657/714 area code]]) {{div col end}}
The city of [[Costa Mesa]] is partitioned between area codes 949 and 714, being split at Wilson Street and along Newport Boulevard. A small section of Irvine also uses 714, from the north side of Culver Drive at Interstate 5 to Jamboree Road in the Marketplace, in the neighborhood of Northpark Irvine.
==See also== *[[List of California area codes]] *[[List of North American Numbering Plan area codes]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Area_code_footer|Map=CA}}
{{Area code box | State = CA | This = 949 | N = [[area codes 714 and 657|714/657]] | S = [[area codes 760 and 442|760/442]] | E = [[area code 951|951]] | W = [[area codes 310 and 424|310/424]] (offshore islands), [[area code 808|808]], Pacific Ocean | S1 = HI}}
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[[Category:Area codes in California|949]] [[Category:Orange County, California]] [[Category:San Diego County, California]] [[Category:Area codes in the United States|949]]