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Area code 502
Area code 502 is centred on Louisville, Kentucky. We hold 5,632 allocated blocks for it across 36 rate centres, split 36% mobile, 53% landline and 10% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 502
Area code 502 is not a city code. It covers 36 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 502 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.
Kentucky is split across 5 area codes — 502, 270, 859, 606, 364. By allocated blocks 502 is the largest of them, holding 29% of the Kentucky total.
Where 502 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Shelbyvl and Taylorsvl 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 502 |
|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 2,623 | 47% |
| Frankfort | 323 | 6% |
| Bardstown | 269 | 5% |
| La Grange | 233 | 4% |
| Rosetrrace | 214 | 4% |
| Georgetown | 162 | 3% |
| Shelbyvl | 147 | 3% |
| Lawrencebg | 141 | 3% |
| Taylorsvl | 101 | 2% |
| Carrollton | 96 | 2% |
| Shephedsvl | 93 | 2% |
| Owenton | 83 | 1% |
| Lebanonjct | 74 | 1% |
| Zoneton | 70 | 1% |
| New Haven | 62 | 1% |
| Bagdad | 59 | 1% |
| Bloomfield | 57 | 1% |
| West Point | 57 | 1% |
| Chaplin | 54 | 1% |
| Eminence | 54 | 1% |
| Mtwashigtn | 54 | 1% |
| Simpsonvl | 53 | 1% |
| Milton | 51 | 1% |
| Campbelsbg | 50 | 1% |
12 further rate centres in 502 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 502 blocks
AT&T Wireless639 blocks
Onvoy583 blocks
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba South Central Bell Tel489 blocks
Verizon Wireless446 blocks
Bandwidth376 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.349 blocks
No carrier holds more than 11% of 502; 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 502 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 502 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 502?
Area code 502 is centred on Louisville, Kentucky and spans 36 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 502 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 502 the split runs 36% mobile, 53% landline and 10% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 502 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba South Central Bell Tel. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 502 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,632 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 502 covers on the order of 5,632,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.