601 Area Code: Jackson, Mississippi

Central and southern Mississippi is served by the 601 area code, with Jackson — the state capital — as its primary city. Jackson sits on the Pearl River in the rolling country of central Mississippi, organized around the Mississippi State Capitol, the Old Capitol Museum, and a downtown that has reshaped itself substantially over the past decade. The local working economy reflects state government, healthcare (the University of Mississippi Medical Center anchors a substantial slice), and a long-running role as the regional commercial center for central and southern Mississippi. The 601 footprint extends through Hattiesburg, Meridian, McComb, and the surrounding cluster of small cities and rural counties.

Records linked to 601 numbers in the directory often include Gulfport and Southaven — Mississippi cities outside the 601 footprint. The pattern reflects standard public-record dynamics, with phone numbers porting across Mississippi and addresses linked across multiple cities. The directory currently documents 535 distinct prefixes within 601 in detail, a working subset of the prefix population the code carries.

Jackson's home values come in dramatically below the US median, with median household income running well below the national figure. The city's median age sits a few years under the US reading, and population places Jackson as the largest city in Mississippi — substantial in its regional context, smaller than other Deep South capital cities. The broader 601 footprint reflects a mix of mid-sized cities (Hattiesburg's substantial university presence, Meridian's industrial base) and a long band of rural counties spread across the central and southern reaches of the state.