Area code 220

About area code 220

NANPA lists 220 as an in-service geographic area code for Ohio, first put into service on April 22, 2015. It is an overlay: 220 and 740 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Eastern time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Athens, Pataskala, Zanesville, Frazeysburg, and Baltimore. By population, its largest named places are Newark, Delaware, Marion, Lancaster, and Athens.

Cities and towns in area code 220

220 holds 1.9% of the 7,301 central office codes assigned in Ohio, the 11th most of the state's 15 codes. 66 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 220 exchanges; the most populous are Newark (51,424), Delaware (46,521), Marion (43,457), and Lancaster (41,671). For a storefront or service area inside 220, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 220

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 220 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Ten-digit local dialing means the area code is part of how customers save and recognize your number, so print it in full everywhere. NANPA's dialing-plan note for this code reads: "Carriers must provide permissive 1+10D dialing for Foreign NPA Local Calls in areas where they provide optional EAS. 1+10 digit permissible required excluding CMRS providers"

Phone companies in area code 220

20 carriers hold the 142 central office codes assigned in 220. Fractel, LLC has the most, with 35 (25%). 142 of the codes (100%) are pooled, meaning the code holder shares blocks of 1,000 numbers with other carriers instead of using all 10,000 itself. Numbers can move between carriers through porting, so a code's holder tells you where the block started, not where every number lives now.

Local calling areas in 220

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 220 has codes in 78 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

How full is area code 220?

An area code has 800 possible central office codes that start with 2 through 9, a few of which are reserved (such as N11 service codes and 555). 142 are assigned in 220, 18% of 800. 123 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Getting a 220 number for your business

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