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Area code 302
Area code 302 is centred on Wilmington, Delaware. We hold 5,534 allocated blocks for it across 30 rate centres, split 35% mobile, 51% landline and 14% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 302
Area code 302 is not a city code. It covers 30 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 302 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.
302 is the only area code whose numbers sit mainly in Delaware. Every Delaware number therefore starts 302 unless it was issued in a border rate centre billed to a neighbouring code.
Where 302 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Delawarecy and Bridgevl 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 302 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 1,337 | 24% |
| Newark | 442 | 8% |
| Dover | 402 | 7% |
| Georgetown | 392 | 7% |
| Milford | 312 | 6% |
| New Castle | 291 | 5% |
| Camden | 274 | 5% |
| Holly Oak | 209 | 4% |
| Delawarecy | 184 | 3% |
| Hockessin | 163 | 3% |
| Middletown | 136 | 2% |
| Rehoboth | 132 | 2% |
| Lewes | 104 | 2% |
| Smyrna | 96 | 2% |
| Ocean View | 81 | 1% |
| Angola | 79 | 1% |
| Selbyville | 73 | 1% |
| Laurel | 71 | 1% |
| Seaford | 71 | 1% |
| Delmar | 70 | 1% |
| Harrington | 67 | 1% |
| Bridgevl | 66 | 1% |
| Frederica | 65 | 1% |
| Millsboro | 65 | 1% |
6 further rate centres in 302 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 302 blocks
Onvoy611 blocks
Verizon Delaware, Inc.604 blocks
Verizon Wireless567 blocks
AT&T Wireless499 blocks
Bandwidth341 blocks
Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, Lp330 blocks
No carrier holds more than 11% of 302; the blocks are spread thin across many companies.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 302 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 302 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 302?
Area code 302 is centred on Wilmington, Delaware and spans 30 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 302 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 302 the split runs 35% mobile, 51% landline and 14% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 302 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, Verizon Delaware, Inc., 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 302 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,534 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 302 covers on the order of 5,534,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.