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Area code 916
Area code 916 covers Sacramento. We hold 5,680 allocated blocks for it across 17 rate centres, split 42% mobile, 49% landline and 9% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 916
Area code 916 does not have Sacramento to itself. 1 other code — 279 — 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.
2791,570 blocks, 16 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 916 number and a 279 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Sacramento by area code needs all 2 of them.
916 is not confined to Sacramento itself: its blocks sit across 17 rate centres, named in the table below.
California is split across 40 area codes — 657, 707, 559, 209, 530, 916 and others. By allocated blocks 916 is the 19th largest of them, holding 3% of the California total.
Where 916 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Rsvl Main and Rsvl Ctht 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 916 |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 2,181 | 38% |
| Sacramento | 809 | 14% |
| Rsvl Main | 496 | 9% |
| Folsom | 457 | 8% |
| Elk Grove | 384 | 7% |
| Fair Oaks | 360 | 6% |
| So Placer | 215 | 4% |
| Rio Linda | 155 | 3% |
| Lincoln | 146 | 3% |
| Rsvl Ctht | 143 | 3% |
| Michignbar | 91 | 2% |
| Pleasatgrv | 76 | 1% |
| Walnut Grv | 55 | 1% |
| Courtland | 33 | 1% |
| Isleton | 33 | 1% |
| Meadowview | 33 | 1% |
| Chico | 2 | 0% |
Carriers holding the most 916 blocks
Pacific Bell917 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.608 blocks
AT&T Wireless510 blocks
Onvoy432 blocks
Verizon Wireless426 blocks
Bandwidth357 blocks
The largest holder, Pacific Bell, has 16% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 916 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 916 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 916?
Area code 916 covers Sacramento. It is not the only code there: 279 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Sacramento number can start with any of them.
Is a 916 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 916 the split runs 42% mobile, 49% landline and 9% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 916 numbers?
The largest holders are Pacific Bell, T-Mobile USA, Inc., 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 916 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,680 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 916 covers on the order of 5,680,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.