Area code 949
Template:Short description Template:California area codes image map Area code 949 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of California in southern Orange County. The area code was assigned on April 18, 1998, to a numbering plan area that resulted from a boundary change of area code 714 to exclude the southern cities of Orange County.
Service area
- Aliso Viejo
- Costa Mesa (primarily the Westside)
- Coto de Caza
- Dana Point
- Irvine (small portion in the 657/714 area code)
- Ladera Ranch
- Laguna Beach
- Laguna Hills
- Laguna Niguel
- Laguna Woods
- Lake Forest
- Las Flores
- Mission Viejo
- Newport Beach
- Rancho Mission Viejo
- Rancho Santa Margarita
- San Clemente
- San Juan Capistrano
- Santa Ana (mostly in the 657/714 area code)
- Trabuco Canyon
- Tustin (mostly in the 657/714 area code)
The city of Costa Mesa is divided 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.