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Area code 985
Area code 985 is centred on Houma, Louisiana. We hold 3,540 allocated blocks for it across 45 rate centres, split 38% mobile, 48% landline and 14% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 985
Area code 985 is not a city code. It covers 45 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 985 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.
Louisiana is split across 5 area codes — 318, 337, 504, 225, 985. By allocated blocks 985 is the 5th largest of them, holding 16% of the Louisiana total.
Where 985 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Madisonvl 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 985 |
|---|---|---|
| Houma | 355 | 10% |
| Slidell | 323 | 9% |
| Hammond | 318 | 9% |
| Covington | 298 | 8% |
| Morgancity | 197 | 6% |
| Thibodaux | 180 | 5% |
| Mandeville | 171 | 5% |
| Laplace | 140 | 4% |
| Bogalusa | 93 | 3% |
| Amite City | 84 | 2% |
| Larose | 72 | 2% |
| Raceland | 72 | 2% |
| Franklintn | 64 | 2% |
| Luling | 64 | 2% |
| Madisonvl | 59 | 2% |
| Paradis | 59 | 2% |
| Norco | 53 | 1% |
| Patterson | 53 | 1% |
| Ponchatoul | 52 | 1% |
| Pearlriver | 50 | 1% |
| Lacombe | 46 | 1% |
| Pierrepart | 45 | 1% |
| Kentwood | 43 | 1% |
| Angie | 42 | 1% |
21 further rate centres in 985 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 985 blocks
Onvoy529 blocks
AT&T Wireless462 blocks
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba South Central Bell Tel459 blocks
Verizon Wireless264 blocks
Bandwidth193 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.190 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 15% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 985 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 985 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 985?
Area code 985 is centred on Houma, Louisiana and spans 45 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 985 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 985 the split runs 38% mobile, 48% landline and 14% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 985 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba South Central Bell Tel. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 985 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,540 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 985 covers on the order of 3,540,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.