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Area code 609
Area code 609 is centred on Atlantic City, New Jersey. We hold 5,988 allocated blocks for it across 50 rate centres, split 38% mobile, 46% landline and 16% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 609
Area code 609 does not have Atlantic City, New Jersey to itself. 1 other code — 640 — 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.
6401,324 blocks, 35 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 609 number and a 640 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Atlantic City, New Jersey by area code needs all 2 of them.
609 is not confined to Atlantic City, New Jersey itself: its blocks sit across 50 rate centres, named in the table below.
New Jersey is split across 10 area codes — 609, 732, 856, 201, 908, 973 and others. By allocated blocks 609 is the largest of them, holding 13% of the New Jersey total.
Where 609 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Atlntic Cy and Pleasantvl 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 609 |
|---|---|---|
| Atlntic Cy | 682 | 11% |
| Trenton | 576 | 10% |
| Pleasantvl | 492 | 8% |
| Princeton | 391 | 7% |
| Allentown | 289 | 5% |
| Mountholly | 239 | 4% |
| Lawrencevl | 206 | 3% |
| Wildwood | 174 | 3% |
| Barnegat | 173 | 3% |
| Ewing | 169 | 3% |
| Bordentown | 167 | 3% |
| Burlington | 160 | 3% |
| Fort Dix | 138 | 2% |
| Cranbury | 137 | 2% |
| Mercervl | 137 | 2% |
| Hightstown | 121 | 2% |
| Beachhaven | 112 | 2% |
| Pennington | 107 | 2% |
| Ocean City | 106 | 2% |
| Hopewell | 104 | 2% |
| Plainsboro | 104 | 2% |
| Pemberton | 99 | 2% |
| Medford | 89 | 1% |
| Hammonton | 78 | 1% |
26 further rate centres in 609 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 609 blocks
AT&T Wireless719 blocks
Onvoy639 blocks
Verizon Wireless572 blocks
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.538 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.416 blocks
Bandwidth337 blocks
The largest holder, AT&T Wireless, has 12% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 609 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 609 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 609?
Area code 609 covers Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is not the only code there: 640 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Atlantic City, New Jersey number can start with any of them.
Is a 609 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 609 the split runs 38% mobile, 46% landline and 16% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 609 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 609 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,988 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 609 covers on the order of 5,988,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.