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Area code 805
Area code 805 is centred on Oxnard, California. We hold 5,938 allocated blocks for it across 41 rate centres, split 42% mobile, 47% landline and 12% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 805
Area code 805 does not have Oxnard to itself. 1 other code — 820 — 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.
820904 blocks, 31 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 805 number and a 820 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Oxnard by area code needs all 2 of them.
805 is not confined to Oxnard itself: its blocks sit across 41 rate centres, named in the table below.
California is split across 40 area codes — 657, 707, 559, 209, 530, 805 and others. By allocated blocks 805 is the 13th largest of them, holding 3% of the California total.
Where 805 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Vntra Cntl is 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 805 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxnard | 653 | 11% |
| Sanbarbara | 476 | 8% |
| Snlusobspo | 473 | 8% |
| Thousaoaks | 346 | 6% |
| Santamaria | 335 | 6% |
| Simivalley | 308 | 5% |
| Pasorobles | 260 | 4% |
| Camarillo | 245 | 4% |
| Vntra East | 232 | 4% |
| Vntra Cntl | 228 | 4% |
| Lompoc | 205 | 3% |
| Moorpark | 202 | 3% |
| Newburyprk | 174 | 3% |
| Saticoy | 157 | 3% |
| Atascadero | 144 | 2% |
| Arroyogrnd | 135 | 2% |
| El Rio | 115 | 2% |
| Conejo | 90 | 2% |
| Santapaula | 90 | 2% |
| Ojai | 89 | 1% |
| Santa Ynez | 88 | 1% |
| Carpintria | 75 | 1% |
| Point Mugu | 69 | 1% |
| Cambria | 67 | 1% |
17 further rate centres in 805 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 805 blocks
Verizon Wireless738 blocks
Onvoy705 blocks
AT&T Wireless552 blocks
Pacific Bell482 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.443 blocks
Bandwidth395 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon 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 805 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 805 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 805?
Area code 805 covers Oxnard, California. It is not the only code there: 820 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Oxnard, California number can start with any of them.
Is a 805 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 805 the split runs 42% mobile, 47% landline and 12% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 805 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, Onvoy, AT&T Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 805 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,938 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 805 covers on the order of 5,938,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.