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Area code 862
Area code 862 is centred on Newark, New Jersey. We hold 4,002 allocated blocks for it across 40 rate centres, split 53% mobile, 27% landline and 20% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 862
Area code 862 does not have Newark to itself. 1 other code — 973 — 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.
9735,245 blocks, 42 rate centres, mostly landline
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 862 number and a 973 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Newark by area code needs all 2 of them.
862 is not confined to Newark itself: its blocks sit across 40 rate centres, named in the table below.
New Jersey is split across 10 area codes — 609, 732, 856, 201, 908, 862 and others. By allocated blocks 862 is the 7th largest of them, holding 9% of the New Jersey total.
Where 862 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Mt View 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 862 |
|---|---|---|
| Newark | 885 | 22% |
| Passaic | 424 | 11% |
| Orange | 267 | 7% |
| Paterson | 255 | 6% |
| Bloomfield | 232 | 6% |
| Morristown | 204 | 5% |
| Caldwell | 142 | 4% |
| Succasunna | 129 | 3% |
| Pomptonlks | 128 | 3% |
| Newton | 87 | 2% |
| Livingston | 86 | 2% |
| Chatham | 85 | 2% |
| Mt View | 82 | 2% |
| Netcong | 71 | 2% |
| Dover | 70 | 2% |
| Hopatcong | 70 | 2% |
| Boonton | 68 | 2% |
| Butler | 62 | 2% |
| Madison | 57 | 1% |
| Hawthorne | 46 | 1% |
| Whippany | 46 | 1% |
| Belleville | 42 | 1% |
| Nutley | 42 | 1% |
| So Orange | 40 | 1% |
16 further rate centres in 862 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 862 blocks
Onvoy686 blocks
AT&T Wireless648 blocks
Verizon Wireless383 blocks
Omnipoint Communications, Inc.380 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.342 blocks
Bandwidth256 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 17% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 862 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 862 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 862?
Area code 862 covers Newark, New Jersey. It is not the only code there: 973 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Newark, New Jersey number can start with any of them.
Is a 862 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 862 the split runs 53% mobile, 27% landline and 20% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 862 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, 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 862 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,002 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 862 covers on the order of 4,002,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.