Las Cruces, NM Area Code

Area code serving Las Cruces

Las Cruces sits in New Mexico, part of the West region and the Mountain Time zone. Its area code is 575, which covers southern, eastern and northern rural New Mexico outside the Albuquerque-Santa Fe area. 575 has no overlay today, so every Las Cruces landline and mobile number with a local code starts with 575.

575 has served the area since 2007. If the region runs low on numbers, regulators will most likely add an overlay code on top rather than split the area, which would make 10-digit dialing mandatory.

Code	Area served	In service
575	Southern, eastern and northern rural New Mexico outside the Albuquerque-Santa Fe area	October 7, 2007

Nearby cities sharing this area code

• Roswell
• Clovis
• Hobbs
• Carlsbad
• Alamogordo
• Artesia
• Deming
• Lovington
• Portales
• Silver City
• Ruidoso
• Taos
• Raton
• Truth or Consequences

Getting a Las Cruces phone number

Any new landline, mobile or VoIP number from a local carrier in Las Cruces gets the 575 area code. Numbers come from the blocks each carrier holds in the area; a number ported in from elsewhere keeps its original area code, so you may also see out-of-state codes locally.

Dialing in Las Cruces

Las Cruces is covered by the single area code 575 with no overlay, so some local calls may still connect with seven digits. Dialing all 10 digits (area code + seven-digit number) always works and is the safest habit. From outside the US, dial +1, then the area code and number. See 10-digit dialing and overlay area codes for the background. For every code in New Mexico, visit the New Mexico area codes page.