NORTH CAROLINA · AREA CODE GUIDE
919 area code location: Raleigh, Durham, and Cary, North Carolina
- Local date and time
- Eastern Time
Map data: HSIP (2010) · NANPA · US Census Bureau, checked 26 September 2026. Boundaries are approximate.
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919 area code at a glance
- State
- North Carolina
- Primary cities
- Raleigh, Durham, and Cary
- Established
- Population
- Largest community: Raleigh, 506,306 (2025)Not an area-code population.
- Prefixes in service
- 781 as of 13 October 2026
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History
Country and calling code: United States (+1).
New code planned: No, as of 22 September 2026.
Time zone
- Eastern Time
- Standard time UTC−05:00
- Daylight saving time UTC−04:00
Counties and cities covered
919 numbers are issued across 38 communities. These are telephone exchange areas, which follow the phone network rather than city limits, so a place can sit just outside the boundary of the town it is named for.
Counties of the communities we could place (the code may reach further): Wake County, Johnston County, Chatham County, Durham County, Harnett County, Orange County, Wayne County, Franklin County, Granville County, Lee County, Alamance County, Duplin County, and Wilson County.
- Raleigh
- Durham
- Cary
- Apex
- Chapel Hill
- Wake Forest
- Fuquay Varina
- Goldsboro
- Sanford
- Clayton
- Knightdale
- Mebane
- Wendell
- Smithfield
- Zebulon
- Hillsborough
- Angier
- Oxford
- Siler City
- Selma
- Pittsboro
- Creedmoor
- Benson
- Mount Olive
- Louisburg
13 more communities
- Four Oaks
- Franklinton
- Kenly
- Princeton
- Broadway
- Fremont
- Goldston
- Bonlee
- Cary-Research Triangle Park
- Grantham
- Olivia
- Raleigh Durham Airport
- Virgilina
Notable places in 919
| Place | Where | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Duke University | 4.5 km from Durham | University, 18,360 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2.3 km from Chapel Hill | University, 34,640 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| North Carolina State University | 5.7 km from Raleigh | University, 41,029 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| Raleigh–Durham International Airport | 11.1 km from Cary | Commercial airport, 7,584,394 enplanements (2024) |
| Lenovo Center | 8.1 km from Raleigh | Arena |
| Seymour Johnson Air Force Base | 4.4 km from Goldsboro | US Air Force installation |
| WakeMed Soccer Park | 6.3 km from Cary | Stadium |
| Carter–Finley Stadium | 8.0 km from Raleigh | Stadium |
| Wayne Executive Jetport | 9.2 km from Goldsboro | Airport |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | 5.5 km from Raleigh | Museum |
Area code 919
919 started service on .
No new code is planned for the region as of .
Area code 984 has its own page.
Questions about 919
Where is the 919 area code?
919 is in North Carolina. Its numbers are issued in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and 35 other communities.
What time zone is area code 919 in?
919 is in Eastern Time. Daylight saving time is observed.
Does 919 have an overlay?
Yes. 984 was added as an overlay on 919 on 30 April 2012.
What cities are in the 919 area code?
Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Apex, and Chapel Hill, and 33 other communities.
What state is area code 919 in?
Area code 919 is in North Carolina.
What counties are covered by area code 919?
Area code 919 covers communities in Wake County, Johnston County, Chatham County, Durham County, Harnett County, Orange County, Wayne County, Franklin County, Granville County, Lee County, Alamance County, Duplin County, and Wilson County.
Is 919 a toll-free area code?
No. 919 is a geographic area code. The toll-free codes are 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888.
Sources: NANPA area code listing, NANPA places by area code, NANPA central office code assignments, U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, OMB metropolitan area delineations. Checked .
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