501 Area Code — Arkansas

501 is a North American Numbering Plan area code for Arkansas, the United States. It covers about 932,890 people in 95 towns and 139 ZIP codes, including Little Rock, Conway and North Little Rock.

Where area code 501 is used

Area code 501 is assigned to Arkansas, the United States, inside the North American Numbering Plan. Numbers in the code are written (501) NXX-XXXX at home and +1 501 NXX-XXXX when dialled from outside Canada and the United States. Since the NANP moved to 10-digit dialling you must always include the area code, even for a local call.

Towns and cities in area code 501

The 95 towns below are the largest in the 501 footprint, ranked by population. Every one of them links to its own page with the full list of area codes and ZIP codes for that town.

Counties covered

Nearby area codes

How to dial area code 501

• Within North America: 501 + 7-digit number (501-NXX-XXXX). The leading 1 is optional on a mobile phone and required on most landlines for long-distance.
• From abroad: your country's international prefix, then 1, then 501, then the 7-digit number — for example 00 1 501 NXX-XXXX from most of Europe.