Area codes 814 and 582

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Area code 814 is one of the <a href="/facts/Original_North_American_area_codes/EWUcPcBz">original North American area codes</a> established in 1947. Its numbering plan area (NPA) is the largest in the state. It is the only one of Pennsylvania's original four NPAs that still has its original boundaries. The largest cities in the area are Johnstown, Altoona, State College and Erie; otherwise this region is largely rural.
</p><p>On May 14, 2020, the <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_Public_Utility_Commission/dfJMVJ8N">Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission</a> approved area code 582 for an all-service overlay, in the face of projections that 814 would exhaust in late 2022. From October 3, 2020 to April 3, 2021, a <a href="/facts/Permissive_dialing/sWWm3S2A">permissive dialing</a> period was in effect, during which both seven- and ten-digit dialing was allowed. Assignment of telephone numbers of area code 582 began May 1, 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> With this assignment, seven-digit calling in Pennsylvania became extinct.
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<h2 id="split-controversy">Split controversy</h2>

<p>When numbering pool exhaustion became a threat in the 2000s, the <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_Public_Utility_Commission/dfJMVJ8N">Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission</a> (PUC) approved a numbering plan split in December 2009, that would have assigned area code 582 to most of the northwestern portion of the territory, including Erie, by 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The proposed new numbering plan area would have served <a href="/facts/Erie_County,_Pennsylvania/PkrrMf7D">Erie</a>, <a href="/facts/Crawford_County,_Pennsylvania/IdoDeAe7">Crawford</a>, <a href="/facts/Warren_County,_Pennsylvania/sCMtcNM7">Warren</a>, <a href="/facts/Venango_County,_Pennsylvania/w1ey5D9z">Venango</a>, <a href="/facts/Forest_County,_Pennsylvania/3bJKvRFI">Forest</a>, <a href="/facts/Clarion_County,_Pennsylvania/dusMIew5">Clarion</a>, <a href="/facts/Jefferson_County,_Pennsylvania/nI4IQ8JJ">Jefferson</a>, <a href="/facts/Elk_County,_Pennsylvania/y1UwI1QH">Elk</a>, <a href="/facts/McKean_County,_Pennsylvania/bRIE8WM6">McKean</a> counties and parts of <a href="/facts/Armstrong_County,_Pennsylvania/I3hAMypQ">Armstrong</a>, <a href="/facts/Clearfield_County,_Pennsylvania/QqnRB2fr">Clearfield</a>, <a href="/facts/Indiana_County,_Pennsylvania/MNzMpenr">Indiana</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mercer_County,_Pennsylvania/x5CgsPoV">Mercer</a>. The remaining counties would have retained area code 814. Under the plan, most of Clearfield and Indiana counties would have retained 814; most of Armstrong and Mercer counties would continue in <a href="/facts/Area_code_724/0EIvk7kr">area code 724</a>.
</p><p>After the decision, a grassroots movement circulated an <a href="/facts/Online_petition/TUHvRkf3">online petition</a> to request the commission to cancel the action in favor of an overlay plan,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> a change also supported by the telecommunication industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>By February 27, 2012, the projected exhaustion date for 814 was changed to the second quarter of 2018,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
causing the PUC in a 5–0 vote on April 26, 2012 to dismiss the split plan and implementation schedule. Following projections suggested that 814 would be exhausted by 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="service-area">Service area</h2>
<p>The numbering plan area comprises parts of twenty-seven counties.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Armstrong_County,_Pennsylvania/I3hAMypQ">Armstrong County</a> (northeastern portion only)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bedford_County,_Pennsylvania/lUAu0xIm">Bedford County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Blair_County,_Pennsylvania/27TrKBMj">Blair County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cambria_County,_Pennsylvania/Nvu9ffp9">Cambria County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cameron_County,_Pennsylvania/Nzd2Ipk1">Cameron County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Centre_County,_Pennsylvania/BPuXhvtc">Centre County</a> (majority of area)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Clarion_County,_Pennsylvania/dusMIew5">Clarion County</a> (all except portions of west)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Clearfield_County,_Pennsylvania/QqnRB2fr">Clearfield County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Clinton_County,_Pennsylvania/cDleHVpL">Clinton County</a> (small portions)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Crawford_County,_Pennsylvania/IdoDeAe7">Crawford County</a> (all except southwestern portion)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Elk_County,_Pennsylvania/y1UwI1QH">Elk County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Erie_County,_Pennsylvania/PkrrMf7D">Erie County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fayette_County,_Pennsylvania/TeADVhsn">Fayette County</a> (a small portion may be assigned to 814, but most if not all uses 724)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Forest_County,_Pennsylvania/3bJKvRFI">Forest County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fulton_County,_Pennsylvania/K4cAWqVf">Fulton County</a> (western portions)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Huntingdon_County,_Pennsylvania/NY9cr909">Huntingdon County</a> (except <a href="/facts/Kishacoquillas_Valley/C25E3Wew">Kishacoquillas Valley</a> and extreme southeast portions)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Indiana_County,_Pennsylvania/MNzMpenr">Indiana County</a> (northern and eastern portions only)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jefferson_County,_Pennsylvania/nI4IQ8JJ">Jefferson County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/McKean_County,_Pennsylvania/bRIE8WM6">McKean County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mercer_County,_Pennsylvania/x5CgsPoV">Mercer County</a> (extreme northeastern portion)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mifflin_County,_Pennsylvania/pTnwdJFG">Mifflin County</a> (extreme southwestern corner only)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Potter_County,_Pennsylvania/7wse1kTk">Potter County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania/M4pD8v2t">Somerset County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tioga_County,_Pennsylvania/EU1mX1ll">Tioga County</a> (western portions only)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Venango_County,_Pennsylvania/w1ey5D9z">Venango County</a> (all except southeastern corner)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Warren_County,_Pennsylvania/sCMtcNM7">Warren County</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania/jlx3W3ob">Westmoreland County</a> (extreme northeastern corner only)</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Pennsylvania_area_codes/om1PE5bn">List of Pennsylvania area codes</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_North_American_Numbering_Plan_area_codes/g3qUWoa5">List of North American Numbering Plan area codes</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.nanpa.com/">North American Numbering Plan Administration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/521635.html?nav=742">Area code to run out of numbers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.puc.state.pa.us/telecom/pdf/areacode/814_ACMap.pdf">814 area code map</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101227054903/http://save814.com/">Save814 Public Advocates </a></li></ul>
<a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a> area codes: <a href="/facts/Area_codes_215,_267,_and_445/b3lzyJSY">215/267/445</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_412/9TxKSDvn">412</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_570_and_272/WtguzRCg">570/272</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_610,_484,_and_835/6hy4IQQy">610/484/835</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_717_and_223/K7xJmvuM">717/223</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_724/0EIvk7kr">724</a>, 814/582, <a href="/facts/Area_code_878/RC99bGAI">878</a><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td>North: <a href="/facts/Area_codes_519,_226,_and_548/fjSfweD1">519/226/548</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_585/R67qWk5J">585</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_607/YEtpgD4s">607</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_716/cvdBxQ27">716</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_905,_289,_and_365/uRNpqjBv">905/289/365</a>, <a href="/facts/Lake_Erie/m9RScPVI">Lake Erie</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>West: <a href="/facts/Area_code_724/0EIvk7kr">724</a>/<a href="/facts/Area_code_878/RC99bGAI">878</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_440_and_436/6Vubkku5">440/436</a></td><td>area code 814, 582 </td><td>East: <a href="/facts/Area_codes_570_and_272/WtguzRCg">570/272</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_223_and_717/K7xJmvuM">717/223</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>South: <a href="/facts/Area_codes_240_and_301/9kU2yj2p">301/240</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><a href="/facts/Maryland/tVy9fC1n">Maryland</a> area codes: <a href="/facts/Area_codes_301,_240,_and_227/9kU2yj2p">301/240/227</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_410,_443,_and_667/1nKRW0kt">410/443/667</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a> area codes: <a href="/facts/Area_codes_212,_646,_and_332/nQAVUJHq">212/646/332</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_315_and_680/0XLwPfMV">315/680</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_516_and_363/eK3MTkXm">516/363</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_518_and_838/XuamnPbf">518/838</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_585/R67qWk5J">585</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_607/YEtpgD4s">607</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_631_and_934/xKGAVVcu">631/934</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_716_and_624/cvdBxQ27">716/624</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_718,_347,_and_929/cV82YB0J">718/347/929</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_845_and_329/hfsDaDn0">845/329</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_914/0R4oVmBJ">914</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_917/Nuw1xa2r">917</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><a href="/facts/Ohio/YutCnTlh">Ohio</a> area codes: <a href="/facts/Area_code_216/HbGDJkho">216</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_330_and_234/vm0tdP6y">330/234</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_419_and_567/2NYuYf9s">419/567</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_440_and_436/6Vubkku5">440/436</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_513_and_283/PgaHMxwu">513/283</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_614_and_380/zgmuSrUX">614/380</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_740_and_220/Rpdw7gRv">740/220</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_937_and_326/VWu43Nkm">937/326</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a> area codes: <a href="/facts/Area_codes_416,_647,_and_437/ycmMLmK2">416/437/647</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_519,_226,_548,_and_382/fjSfweD1">519/226/548/382</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_613,_343,_and_753/QKTU7aBC">613/343/753</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_705,_249,_and_683/lgXYDR53">705/249/683</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_code_807/aQjASvnR">807</a>, <a href="/facts/Area_codes_905,_289,_365,_and_742/uRNpqjBv">905/289/365/742</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Area_codes_814_and_582¶ms=40.921_N_78.761_W_type:adm2nd_globe:earth_region:US-PA">40°55′16″N 78°45′40″W / 40.921°N 78.761°W / 40.921; -78.761</a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Pennsylvania's largest area code is finally reaching its limit | TribLIVE.com". triblive.com. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-17. <a href="https://triblive.com/local/regional/states-largest-area-code-is-finally-reaching-its-limit/" target="_blank">https://triblive.com/local/regional/states-largest-area-code-is-finally-reaching-its-limit/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"PUC - Press Releases". www.puc.state.pa.us. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2018-05-05. <a href="http://www.puc.state.pa.us/General/press_releases/Press_Releases.aspx?ShowPR=2675" target="_blank">http://www.puc.state.pa.us/General/press_releases/Press_Releases.aspx?ShowPR=2675</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Save the 814 Area Code Petition". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2010-12-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101227054903/http://save814.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101227054903/http://save814.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Article 404 - GoErie.com - Erie, PA". GoErie.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018. <a href="http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101229/NEWS02/312299923" target="_blank">http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101229/NEWS02/312299923</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2012-03-12.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) <a href="http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/NRUF/Changes_from_Oct11_NPA_Forecast.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/NRUF/Changes_from_Oct11_NPA_Forecast.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>McKracken, Denise. "PUC Dismisses Petition for 814 Area Code Relief". Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Retrieved 2012-04-28. <a href="http://www.puc.state.pa.us/general/press_releases/press_releases.aspx?ShowPR=2966" target="_blank">http://www.puc.state.pa.us/general/press_releases/press_releases.aspx?ShowPR=2966</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-07.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) <a href="http://www.puc.state.pa.us/telecom/pdf/areacode/814_ACMap.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.puc.state.pa.us/telecom/pdf/areacode/814_ACMap.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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