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Hughson area codes

Hughson city is a Census place in Stanislaus County, California, with an estimated 7,903 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 7 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 209 has the most (6, 86%). 209 is part of an overlay with 350, so a new local number in Hughson may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Hughson is in the Pacific time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 209 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Hughson exchanges by carrier

6 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Hughson's rate center. T-mobile USA, INC. has the most, with 2. 7 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Hughson

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Hughson's rate center (HUGHSON). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 1 of the 7 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Hughson's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Hughson's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

What makes a number local to Hughson

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Hughson, those come from the HUGHSON rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 209 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Hughson is part of the Modesto, CA metro area, home to 557,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 10,013 business establishments in the Modesto, CA metro area in 2023, employing 152,942 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (1,477), health care and social assistance (1,259), and accommodation and food services (1,071).

Business phone service in Hughson

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Hughson is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

The comparison below uses 15 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Modesto, CA metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $374.25 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $450.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.