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Area code 409
Area code 409 is centred on Beaumont, Texas. We hold 3,657 allocated blocks for it across 48 rate centres, split 41% mobile, 45% landline and 14% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 409
Area code 409 is not a city code. It covers 48 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 409 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.
Texas is split across 28 area codes — 346, 832, 469, 210, 956, 409 and others. By allocated blocks 409 is the 18th largest of them, holding 3% of the Texas total.
Where 409 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Ndldptnchs and Htchccksnf 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 409 |
|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 778 | 21% |
| Galveston | 623 | 17% |
| Portarthur | 257 | 7% |
| Ndldptnchs | 231 | 6% |
| Txscymarqu | 221 | 6% |
| Orange | 141 | 4% |
| Jasper | 127 | 3% |
| Htchccksnf | 118 | 3% |
| Bridgecity | 74 | 2% |
| Vidor | 69 | 2% |
| Woodville | 57 | 2% |
| Kountze | 55 | 2% |
| Buna | 53 | 1% |
| Kirbyville | 49 | 1% |
| Silsbee | 49 | 1% |
| Mauricevl | 48 | 1% |
| Fannett | 42 | 1% |
| Pt Bolivar | 41 | 1% |
| Lumberton | 38 | 1% |
| Anahuac | 36 | 1% |
| China | 36 | 1% |
| Hemphill | 36 | 1% |
| Spurger | 36 | 1% |
| Sabinepass | 32 | 1% |
24 further rate centres in 409 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 409 blocks
Southwestern Bell741 blocks
AT&T Wireless522 blocks
Onvoy494 blocks
Verizon Wireless285 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.272 blocks
Aerial Communications, Inc.172 blocks
The largest holder, Southwestern Bell, has 20% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 409 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 409 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 409?
Area code 409 is centred on Beaumont, Texas and spans 48 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 409 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 409 the split runs 41% mobile, 45% landline and 14% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 409 numbers?
The largest holders are Southwestern Bell, AT&T Wireless, Onvoy. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 409 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,657 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 409 covers on the order of 3,657,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.