KENTUCKY (WKYT) - We now know what Kentucky’s new area code will be.

State regulators announced Tuesday that the 502 area code — which covers north-central Kentucky, including Louisville and Frankfort — is running out of available numbers and will soon be supplemented with a new area code: 761.

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The North American Numbering Plan Administrator projects that the 502 area code will be exhausted by the third quarter of 2027.

In response, the Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved an overlay plan, meaning both area codes will operate in the same geographic region.

Anyone currently using a 502 number will keep it. But once new numbers are needed, they will begin to be assigned with the 761 area code.

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