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Area code 806
Area code 806 is centred on Lubbock, Texas. We hold 4,244 allocated blocks for it across 182 rate centres, split 42% mobile, 43% landline and 16% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 806
Area code 806 is not a city code. It covers 182 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 806 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.
Texas is split across 28 area codes — 346, 832, 469, 210, 956, 806 and others. By allocated blocks 806 is the 14th largest of them, holding 3% of the Texas total.
Where 806 numbers are concentrated
Rate-centre names are reproduced as NANPA records them. The agency truncates them to ten characters, so longer names appear shortened elsewhere on this site.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 806 |
|---|---|---|
| Lubbock | 910 | 21% |
| Amarillo | 822 | 19% |
| Plainview | 165 | 4% |
| Pampa | 110 | 3% |
| Borger | 76 | 2% |
| Canyon | 74 | 2% |
| Hereford | 73 | 2% |
| Dumas | 61 | 1% |
| Tahoka | 56 | 1% |
| Slaton | 54 | 1% |
| Canadian | 52 | 1% |
| Levelland | 50 | 1% |
| Floydada | 48 | 1% |
| Shamrock | 42 | 1% |
| Lamesa | 41 | 1% |
| Skellytown | 41 | 1% |
| Brownfield | 40 | 1% |
| Dimmitt | 39 | 1% |
| Tulia | 36 | 1% |
| Dalhart | 34 | 1% |
| Gruver | 32 | 1% |
| Higgins | 32 | 1% |
| Hurlwood | 31 | 1% |
| Abernathy | 30 | 1% |
158 further rate centres in 806 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 806 blocks
AT&T Wireless603 blocks
Onvoy512 blocks
Southwestern Bell505 blocks
Verizon Wireless273 blocks
Valor Telecomm Tx, Lp-Tx #1 Dba Windstream Comm Sw269 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.240 blocks
The largest holder, AT&T Wireless, 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 806 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 806 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 806?
Area code 806 is centred on Lubbock, Texas and spans 182 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 806 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 806 the split runs 42% mobile, 43% landline and 16% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 806 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, Southwestern Bell. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 806 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,244 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 806 covers on the order of 4,244,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.