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Area code 562
Area code 562 covers Long Beach, California. We hold 5,501 allocated blocks for it across 10 rate centres, split 58% mobile, 32% landline and 10% VoIP.
How far area code 562 reaches
Area code 562 covers 10 rate centres, so two 562 numbers are not always a local call to each other.
A rate centre is a billing boundary rather than a postal one, which is why an area code can span several and a single city can contain many. It is also why the code alone cannot place a subscriber beyond a rough region.
California is split across 40 area codes — 657, 707, 559, 209, 530, 562 and others. By allocated blocks 562 is the 20th largest of them, holding 3% of the California total.
Where 562 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Cmtn Cmtn and Cmtn Grdn 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 562 |
|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | 1,415 | 26% |
| Alamitos | 875 | 16% |
| Norwalk | 761 | 14% |
| Downey | 712 | 13% |
| Whittier | 570 | 10% |
| La Habra | 332 | 6% |
| Lakewood | 314 | 6% |
| Picorivera | 285 | 5% |
| Cmtn Cmtn | 193 | 4% |
| Cmtn Grdn | 28 | 1% |
Carriers holding the most 562 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.711 blocks
AT&T Wireless662 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.645 blocks
Onvoy599 blocks
Verizon Wireless441 blocks
Bandwidth360 blocks
The largest holder, T-Mobile USA, Inc., 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 562 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 562 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 562?
Area code 562 covers Long Beach, California, spanning 10 rate centres.
Is a 562 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 562 the split runs 58% mobile, 32% landline and 10% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 562 numbers?
The largest holders are T-Mobile USA, Inc., AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile Usa, Inc.. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 562 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,501 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 562 covers on the order of 5,501,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.