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Area code 626
Area code 626 covers Alhambra, California. We hold 5,828 allocated blocks for it across 10 rate centres, split 54% mobile, 34% landline and 12% VoIP.
How far area code 626 reaches
Area code 626 covers 10 rate centres, so two 626 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, 626 and others. By allocated blocks 626 is the 16th largest of them, holding 3% of the California total.
Where 626 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Psdn Psdn and Sngblcnn 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 626 |
|---|---|---|
| Alhambra | 1,446 | 25% |
| Covina | 903 | 15% |
| Psdn Psdn | 854 | 15% |
| El Monte | 682 | 12% |
| La Puente | 524 | 9% |
| Azusa | 449 | 8% |
| Arcadia | 394 | 7% |
| Monrovia | 286 | 5% |
| Sierramadr | 159 | 3% |
| Sngblcnn | 116 | 2% |
Carriers holding the most 626 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.838 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.669 blocks
Onvoy634 blocks
AT&T Wireless611 blocks
Verizon Wireless467 blocks
Bandwidth413 blocks
The largest holder, T-Mobile USA, Inc., has 14% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 626 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 626 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 626?
Area code 626 covers Alhambra, California, spanning 10 rate centres.
Is a 626 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 626 the split runs 54% mobile, 34% landline and 12% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 626 numbers?
The largest holders are T-Mobile USA, Inc., T-Mobile Usa, Inc., Onvoy. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 626 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,828 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 626 covers on the order of 5,828,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.