Area code 662

About area code 662

NANPA lists 662 as an in-service geographic area code for Mississippi, first put into service on April 19, 1999. It is an overlay: 662 and 471 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Central time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Tupelo, Columbus, Greenwood, Starkville, and Greenville. By population, its largest named places are Olive Branch, Tupelo, Greenville, Oxford, and Starkville.

Where 662 numbers are local

662 holds 37% of the 2,067 central office codes assigned in Mississippi, the 2nd most of the state's 5 codes. 107 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 662 exchanges; the most populous are Olive Branch (47,365), Tupelo (37,775), Greenville (27,015), and Oxford (26,801). For a storefront or service area inside 662, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

Dialing 662 numbers

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 662 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."

Who holds 662 exchanges

44 carriers hold the 756 central office codes assigned in 662. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 192 (25%). 633 of the codes (84%) 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.

Rate centers and towns in 662

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 662 has codes in 122 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

Number supply in 662

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). 756 are assigned in 662, 95% of 800. 62 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Using area code 662 for business calls

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