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Area code 219
Area code 219 is centred on Gary, Indiana. We hold 4,215 allocated blocks for it across 45 rate centres, split 43% mobile, 38% landline and 19% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 219
Area code 219 is not a city code. It covers 45 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 219 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
Indiana is split across 8 area codes — 812, 317, 765, 219, 260, 574 and others. By allocated blocks 219 is the 4th largest of them, holding 14% of the Indiana total.
Where 219 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Merrillvl and Michigancy are 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 219 |
|---|---|---|
| Gary | 594 | 14% |
| Merrillvl | 448 | 11% |
| Valparaiso | 277 | 7% |
| Crownpoint | 256 | 6% |
| Michigancy | 246 | 6% |
| Hammond | 216 | 5% |
| E Chicago | 211 | 5% |
| Portage | 181 | 4% |
| La Porte | 157 | 4% |
| Highland | 120 | 3% |
| Cedar Lake | 116 | 3% |
| Chesterton | 114 | 3% |
| Dyer | 106 | 3% |
| Whiting | 89 | 2% |
| Lowell | 81 | 2% |
| Wheeler | 72 | 2% |
| St John | 69 | 2% |
| Hobart | 68 | 2% |
| Westville | 64 | 2% |
| Rensselaer | 59 | 1% |
| Lake Sta | 52 | 1% |
| Morocco | 52 | 1% |
| Rollngprri | 49 | 1% |
| Remington | 42 | 1% |
21 further rate centres in 219 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 219 blocks
Onvoy702 blocks
AT&T Wireless453 blocks
Verizon Wireless412 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.351 blocks
Indiana Bell Tel Co Inc336 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.265 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, 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 219 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 219 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 219?
Area code 219 is centred on Gary, Indiana and spans 45 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 219 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 219 the split runs 43% mobile, 38% landline and 19% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 219 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 219 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,215 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 219 covers on the order of 4,215,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.