<P> The 808 telephone area code covers the inhabited, developed and uninhabited areas of the Hawaiian Islands out to Midway Island and Wake Island . 808 was issued as Hawaii's area code in 1957, not long before its statehood in August of 1959 . </P> <P> Slightly over 1.3 million people live in Hawaii . Despite the state's rapid growth and the proliferation of cell phones (particularly in Honolulu and Oahu), a single area code is projected to be enough to serve the state until at least the third quarter of 2029 . </P>

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