Area code 562

Numbering plan areas in California (blue) and border states. Area code 562 is shown in red.

Area code 562 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for much of southeastern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. The numbering plan area also includes Long Beach, and parts of northern Orange County. The area code was created in an area code split of area code 310 on January 25, 1997.