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Area code 213
Area code 213 covers Los Angeles. We hold 6,523 allocated blocks for it across 16 rate centres, split 51% mobile, 35% landline and 14% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 213
Area code 213 does not have Los Angeles to itself. 2 other codes — 323, 738 — serve 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.
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 213 number and a 323 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Los Angeles by area code needs all 3 of them.
213 is not confined to Los Angeles itself: its blocks sit across 16 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 213 is the 6th largest of them, holding 4% of the California total.
Where 213 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Cmtn Grdn 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 213 |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 2,547 | 39% |
| Los Angeles | 913 | 14% |
| Los Angeles | 741 | 11% |
| Los Angeles | 375 | 6% |
| Montebello | 231 | 4% |
| Los Angeles | 221 | 3% |
| Los Angeles | 221 | 3% |
| Los Angeles | 209 | 3% |
| Los Angeles | 199 | 3% |
| Los Angeles | 178 | 3% |
| Los Angeles | 177 | 3% |
| Los Angeles | 166 | 3% |
| Los Angeles | 122 | 2% |
| Los Angeles | 122 | 2% |
| Los Angeles | 78 | 1% |
| Cmtn Grdn | 16 | 0% |
Carriers holding the most 213 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.917 blocks
Onvoy879 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.713 blocks
Bandwidth587 blocks
Pacific Bell506 blocks
AT&T Wireless472 blocks
The largest holder, T-Mobile Usa, Inc., has 14% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 213 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 213 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 213?
Area code 213 covers Los Angeles. It is not the only code there: 323, 738 are overlays on the same rate centres, so a Los Angeles number can start with any of them.
Is a 213 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 213 the split runs 51% mobile, 35% landline and 14% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 213 numbers?
The largest holders are T-Mobile Usa, Inc., Onvoy, T-Mobile USA, Inc.. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 213 numbers are there?
The code holds 6,523 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 213 covers on the order of 6,523,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.