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Area code 209
Area code 209 is centred on Stockton, California. We hold 6,612 allocated blocks for it across 63 rate centres, split 45% mobile, 40% landline and 16% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 209
Area code 209 does not have Stockton to itself. 1 other code — 350 — serves the same rate centres, laid over the same ground rather than dividing it. That is an overlay: a new code added when the old one ran out of numbers, covering the same streets. Two neighbours can hold different area codes, so the code says roughly when a number was issued rather than where it sits.
350731 blocks, 41 rate centres, mostly VoIP
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 209 number and a 350 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Stockton by area code needs all 2 of them.
209 is not confined to Stockton itself: its blocks sit across 63 rate centres, named in the table below.
California is split across 40 area codes — 657, 707, 559, 209, 530, 213 and others. By allocated blocks 209 is the 4th largest of them, holding 4% of the California total.
Where 209 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Tracy is shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 209 |
|---|---|---|
| Stockton | 1,078 | 16% |
| Modesto | 1,067 | 16% |
| Merced | 460 | 7% |
| Manteca | 334 | 5% |
| Lodi | 295 | 4% |
| Tracy | 291 | 4% |
| Turlock | 251 | 4% |
| Angelscamp | 212 | 3% |
| Atwater | 178 | 3% |
| Los Banos | 157 | 2% |
| Snra Main | 126 | 2% |
| Jackson | 113 | 2% |
| Oakdale | 111 | 2% |
| Galt | 88 | 1% |
| Jamestown | 77 | 1% |
| Riverbank | 67 | 1% |
| Dos Palos | 66 | 1% |
| Hughson | 66 | 1% |
| Ione | 66 | 1% |
| Snra Juno | 65 | 1% |
| Ripon | 56 | 1% |
| Yosemite | 56 | 1% |
| Escalon | 55 | 1% |
| Pinecrest | 55 | 1% |
39 further rate centres in 209 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 209 blocks
AT&T Wireless1,146 blocks
Onvoy1,067 blocks
Pacific Bell735 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.536 blocks
Verizon Wireless506 blocks
Bandwidth437 blocks
The largest holder, AT&T Wireless, has 17% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 209 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 209 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 209?
Area code 209 covers Stockton, California. It is not the only code there: 350 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Stockton, California number can start with any of them.
Is a 209 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 209 the split runs 45% mobile, 40% landline and 16% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 209 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, Pacific Bell. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 209 numbers are there?
The code holds 6,612 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 209 covers on the order of 6,612,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.