Area code 602

Area code 602 at a glance

602 is one of 5 geographic area codes serving Arizona; NANPA records its in-service date as January 1, 1947. It is an overlay: 602 and 480 and 623 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Mountain time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Phoenix.

Cities and towns in area code 602

602 holds 24% of the 3,170 central office codes assigned in Arizona, the 2nd most of the state's 5 codes. 1 Census place could be matched to rate centers with 602 exchanges; the most populous is Phoenix (1.7 million). For a storefront or service area inside 602, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 602

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 602 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: "1+10 digit permissible at service provider discretion."

Phone companies in area code 602

33 carriers hold the 748 central office codes assigned in 602. Qwest Corporation has the most, with 265 (35%). 410 of the codes (55%) 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.

Where 602 numbers are rated

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 602 has codes in 1 rate center. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

602 code assignments over time

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). 748 are assigned in 602, 94% of 800. 83 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Using area code 602 for business calls

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If you already have a number in area code 602, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

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