Area code overview

Area code 228: location, prefixes and phone number lookup

Area code 228 is associated with MS. This page helps users understand the broader numbering region behind the area code and provides direct access to its visible prefixes, related rate centers and deeper phone lookup paths.

In the United States, an area code is the broad regional layer of the public numbering system. It does not identify one exact person or one exact caller, but it does help explain the larger numbering geography connected to a phone number.

If you are trying to understand calls from area code 228, identify a suspicious number, or browse the structure behind this numbering region, the next useful step is usually to open one of the prefixes or rate centers shown below.

AREA CODE
228
LOCATION
MS
STATE / REGION
US

How area code 228 is used

Area code 228 is part of the public US numbering structure and works as a broad regional entry point. Inside it, multiple prefixes can exist, and those prefixes may connect to different local numbering hubs.

That is why area code pages are helpful: they give users a wider view first, then make it easier to narrow the search into local prefixes, rate centers and phone-specific pages.

For many searches, that is exactly the right workflow: start broad with the area code, then move to the smaller numbering layers that sit underneath it.

What users usually want to know

Users often arrive here because they want to know where area code 228 is used, whether a suspicious call may be connected to this numbering region, or how to move from the area code into more specific number ranges.

This page is designed to answer those questions quickly by showing the prefixes and local rate centers linked to the area code.

If you already know the full number, the best final destination is usually the direct phone page. If not, the lists below are the best next step.

Prefixes in area code 228

293 prefixes

These prefixes sit inside area code 228 and provide the next level of detail for users who want to narrow the numbering structure further.

Prefix
228-200 228-201 228-202 228-203 228-204 228-205 228-206 228-207 228-208 228-209 228-210 228-211 228-212 228-213 228-214 228-215 228-216 228-217 228-218 228-219 228-220 228-221 228-222 228-223 228-224 228-225 228-226 228-227 228-228 228-229 228-230 228-231 228-232 228-233 228-234 228-235 228-236 228-237 228-238 228-239 228-240 228-241 228-242 228-243 228-244 228-245 228-246 228-247 228-248 228-249 228-250 228-251 228-252 228-253 228-254 228-255 228-256 228-257 228-258 228-259 228-260 228-261 228-262 228-263 228-264 228-265 228-266 228-267 228-268 228-269 228-270 228-271 228-272 228-273 228-274 228-275 228-276 228-277 228-278 228-279 228-280 228-281 228-282 228-283 228-284 228-285 228-286 228-287 228-288 228-289 228-290 228-291 228-292 228-293 228-294 228-295 228-296 228-297 228-298 228-299 228-300 228-301 228-302 228-303 228-304 228-305 228-306 228-311 228-312 228-313 228-314 228-323 228-324 228-325 228-326 228-327 228-328 228-331 228-332 228-333 228-334 228-335 228-336 228-337 228-338 228-339 228-341 228-342 228-343 228-344 228-346 228-348 228-349 228-351 228-354 228-355 228-356 228-357 228-363 228-364 228-365 228-366 228-367 228-369 228-372 228-374 228-376 228-377 228-380 228-381 228-382 228-383 228-385 228-386 228-387 228-388 228-389 228-392 228-395 228-396 228-400 228-407 228-411 228-422 228-424 228-432 228-435 228-436 228-437 228-438 228-444 228-446 228-447 228-452 228-456 228-460 228-463 228-465 228-466 228-467 228-469 228-471 228-474 228-475 228-493 228-497 228-511 228-518 228-522 228-523 228-529 228-533 228-539 228-546 228-547 228-549 228-555 228-563 228-567 228-574 228-575 228-586 228-587 228-588 228-591 228-594 228-596 228-600 228-601 228-604 228-609 228-611 228-617 228-623 228-627 228-641 228-662 228-666 228-669 228-671 228-678 228-679 228-687 228-688 228-689 228-696 228-697 228-700 228-701 228-702 228-707 228-711 228-712 228-731 228-760 228-761 228-762 228-769 228-777 228-797 228-800 228-806 228-808 228-809 228-811 228-813 228-818 228-819 228-820 228-822 228-826 228-828 228-831 228-832 228-837 228-850 228-853 228-860 228-861 228-863 228-864 228-865 228-867 228-868 228-870 228-871 228-872 228-875 228-880 228-888 228-895 228-896 228-897 228-900 228-901 228-910 228-911 228-918 228-933 228-934 228-935 228-938 228-950 228-958 228-959 228-967 228-976 228-985 228-988 228-990 228-993 228-994 228-999

Rate centers

13 rate centers

These local numbering hubs are linked to area code 228 and help users move from a broad regional layer into more specific local structure.