Illinois currently utilizes 15 area codes. When first established by AT&T and the Bell System in 1947, 217 covered central Illinois, 312 covered the Chicago metropolitan area, 618 covered southern Illinois including East St. Louis and Carbondale, and 815 covered northern Illinois except Chicago and Quad Cities. The most recently added was 464 in 2022 as an overlay to 708. Today, 815 is the most populated with an estimated 1.8 million of the state's 12.8 million residents.
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224 is an overlay for area code 847.
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Chicago
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331 is an overlay for area code 630.
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447 is an overlay for area code 217.
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464 is an overlay for area code 708.
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Chicago
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779 is an overlay for area code 815.
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872 is an overlay for area code 312 and area code 773.