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Area code 402
Area code 402 is centred on Omaha, Nebraska. We hold 5,795 allocated blocks for it across 281 rate centres, split 42% mobile, 45% landline and 13% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 402
Area code 402 does not have Omaha to itself. 1 other code — 531 — 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.
5312,312 blocks, 104 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 402 number and a 531 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Omaha by area code needs all 2 of them.
402 is not confined to Omaha itself: its blocks sit across 281 rate centres, named in the table below.
Nebraska is split across 3 area codes — 402, 531, 308. By allocated blocks 402 is the largest of them by a wide margin, holding 56% of the Nebraska total.
Where 402 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Nebraskacy and Sosioux Cy 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 402 |
|---|---|---|
| Omaha | 1,568 | 27% |
| Lincoln | 440 | 8% |
| Norfolk | 159 | 3% |
| Fremont | 124 | 2% |
| Hastings | 80 | 1% |
| Beatrice | 68 | 1% |
| Tekamah | 63 | 1% |
| Columbus | 59 | 1% |
| York | 55 | 1% |
| Seward | 51 | 1% |
| Nebraskacy | 45 | 1% |
| Plattsmth | 44 | 1% |
| Sosioux Cy | 44 | 1% |
| Valentine | 44 | 1% |
| West Point | 44 | 1% |
| Wayne | 34 | 1% |
| Albion | 33 | 1% |
| Hebron | 33 | 1% |
| O Neill | 33 | 1% |
| Schuyler | 33 | 1% |
| Wahoo | 33 | 1% |
| Crete | 32 | 1% |
| Stromsburg | 30 | 1% |
| Blair | 23 | 0% |
257 further rate centres in 402 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 402 blocks
Verizon Wireless769 blocks
Windstream Nebraska, Inc.722 blocks
Onvoy666 blocks
Qwest Corporation550 blocks
AT&T Wireless346 blocks
Bandwidth333 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Wireless, has 13% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 402 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 402 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 402?
Area code 402 covers Omaha, Nebraska. It is not the only code there: 531 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Omaha, Nebraska number can start with any of them.
Is a 402 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 402 the split runs 42% mobile, 45% landline and 13% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 402 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, Windstream Nebraska, Inc., Onvoy. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 402 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,795 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 402 covers on the order of 5,795,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.