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Area code 442
Area code 442 is centred on Victorville, California. We hold 3,616 allocated blocks for it across 78 rate centres, split 55% mobile, 24% landline and 21% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 442
Area code 442 does not have Victorville, California to itself. 1 other code — 760 — 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.
7606,209 blocks, 85 rate centres, mostly landline
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 442 number and a 760 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Victorville, California by area code needs all 2 of them.
442 is not confined to Victorville, California itself: its blocks sit across 78 rate centres, named in the table below.
California is split across 40 area codes — 657, 707, 559, 209, 530, 442 and others. By allocated blocks 442 is the 28th largest of them, holding 2% of the California total.
Where 442 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Victorvl and Palm Spg 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 442 |
|---|---|---|
| Victorvl | 303 | 8% |
| Palm Spg | 297 | 8% |
| Indio | 248 | 7% |
| Escondido | 236 | 7% |
| El Centro | 225 | 6% |
| Brawley | 205 | 6% |
| Vtvl Hspr | 137 | 4% |
| Palmdesert | 129 | 4% |
| Vista | 129 | 4% |
| Ocsd Ocsd | 119 | 3% |
| Ocsd Crls | 118 | 3% |
| Barstow | 81 | 2% |
| Vtvl Apvy | 76 | 2% |
| Californcy | 72 | 2% |
| Calexico | 71 | 2% |
| Encinitas | 64 | 2% |
| San Marcos | 57 | 2% |
| Vtvl Adln | 55 | 2% |
| Fallbrook | 47 | 1% |
| Dserthtspg | 41 | 1% |
| Valley Ctr | 40 | 1% |
| Ridgecrest | 33 | 1% |
| Twntynplms | 32 | 1% |
| Calipatria | 30 | 1% |
54 further rate centres in 442 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 442 blocks
AT&T Wireless744 blocks
Onvoy682 blocks
Verizon Wireless358 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.313 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.312 blocks
Bandwidth142 blocks
The largest holder, AT&T Wireless, has 21% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 442 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 442 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 442?
Area code 442 covers Victorville, California. It is not the only code there: 760 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Victorville, California number can start with any of them.
Is a 442 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 442 the split runs 55% mobile, 24% landline and 21% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 442 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, 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 442 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,616 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 442 covers on the order of 3,616,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.