562 Area Code

State: California

Major City: Sacramento

Admission to Statehood:
September 9, 1850 (31st State)
Constitution:
California's Constitution , 31st State
Nickname:
Golden State
Population (2013):
38,332,521; Rank: 1 of 50 | Population Quick Facts

Area:

Area: 163,707 sq.mi (423,999 sq.km.), 3rd
Land: 155,973 sq.mi. (403,969 sq.km.), 3rd
Water: 7,734 sq.mi. (20,031 sq.km.), 6th
Coastline: 840 mi. (1,352 km.), 3rd
Shoreline: 3,427 mi. (5,515 km.), 5th

Area Code 562

Map:

Area Code	Prefix	Usage	Primary City	Carrier	Introduced
562	200	Landline	Long Beach	Broadvox-clec	07/02/2007
562	201	Wireless	Whittier	New Cingular Wireless PCS	07/22/1999
562	202	Landline	Norwalk	Time Warner Cbl Info Svcs (ca) DBAtime Warner Cbl	12/21/2012
562	204	Landline	Whittier	Mpower Communications Corp	08/14/1998
562	205	Landline	Los Angeles	U.s. Telepacific Corp.	10/31/2000
562	206	Landline	Long Beach	Level 3 Communications	11/21/2006
562	207	Landline	Los Angeles	U.s. Telepacific Corp.	07/22/1999
562	208	Wireless	Seal Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	07/22/1999
562	209	Wireless	Seal Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	07/22/1999
562	212	Wireless	Seal Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	07/22/1999
562	213	Landline	Lakewood	Mpower Communications Corp	07/06/1997
562	214	Wireless	Long Beach	Usa Mobility Wireless	05/18/1998
562	215	Landline	Norwalk	Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC	05/10/1999
562	216	Landline	Long Beach	U.s. Telepacific Corp.	08/14/1998
562	217	Landline	Anaheim	Level 3 Communications	05/03/2001
562	218	Landline	Long Beach	Verizon California Inc.-ca (gte)	01/11/1997
562	219	Landline	Norwalk	Charter Fiberlink Ca-cco	07/13/2005
562	220	Landline	Compton	Pacific Bell	01/11/1997
562	221	Wireless	Long Beach	New Cingular Wireless PCS	02/08/2001
562	222	Landline	Pico Rivera	Verizon California Inc.-ca (gte)	01/25/1998
562	223	Wireless	Compton	33 Wireless Inc.	08/14/1998
562	224	Wireless	Long Beach	33 Wireless Inc.	05/18/1998
562	225	Wireless	Seal Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	07/22/1999
562	226	Wireless	Norwalk	Usa Mobility Wireless	08/14/1998
562	227	Wireless	Norwalk	Usa Mobility Wireless	01/11/1997
562	228	Landline	Norwalk	Tw Telecom Of California Lp	05/18/1998
562	229	Landline	Norwalk	Verizon California Inc.-ca (gte)	11/20/1998
562	230	Wireless	Seal Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	07/22/1999
562	231	Landline	Los Angeles	U.s. Telepacific Corp.	02/27/1999
562	232	Landline	Los Angeles	U.s. Telepacific Corp.	05/10/1999
562	233	Wireless	Long Beach	Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless	05/10/1999
562	234	Wireless	Seal Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	07/22/1999
562	235	Wireless	Seal Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	07/22/1999
562	236	Landline	Los Angeles	U.s. Telepacific Corp.	07/22/1999
562	237	Landline	La Habra	Pacific Bell - Clec	05/10/1999
562	238	Wireless	Compton	Usa Mobility Wireless	07/22/1999
562	239	Landline	Norwalk	Level 3 Communications	05/10/1999
562	240	Landline	Seal Beach	Teleport Communications Group - Los Angeles	11/20/1998
562	242	Landline	La Habra	Pac - West Telecomm	05/10/1999
562	243	Wireless	Long Beach	New Cingular Wireless PCS	07/22/1999
562	244	Wireless	Long Beach	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	01/14/2000
562	245	Landline	La Habra	Xo California	07/22/1999
562	246	Landline	Norwalk	Mpower Communications Corp	11/20/1998
562	247	Landline	Norwalk	Charter Fiberlink Ca-cco	07/26/2013
562	248	Landline	Seal Beach	Mpower Communications Corp	11/20/1998
562	249	Landline	Lakewood	Mpower Communications Corp	11/20/1998
562	250	Landline	Downey	Mpower Communications Corp	11/20/1998
562	251	Landline	Compton	Mpower Communications Corp	11/20/1998
562	252	Landline	Seal Beach	Broadwing Communications	05/10/1999
562	253	Landline	Long Beach	T-mobile Usa	04/12/2001

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 200
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: Broadvox-clec
Introduced: 07/02/2007

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 201
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Whittier
Carrier: New Cingular Wireless PCS
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 202
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Time Warner Cbl Info Svcs (ca) DBAtime Warner Cbl
Introduced: 12/21/2012

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 204
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Whittier
Carrier: Mpower Communications Corp
Introduced: 08/14/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 205
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Los Angeles
Carrier: U.s. Telepacific Corp.
Introduced: 10/31/2000

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 206
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: Level 3 Communications
Introduced: 11/21/2006

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 207
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Los Angeles
Carrier: U.s. Telepacific Corp.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 208
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 209
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 212
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 213
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Lakewood
Carrier: Mpower Communications Corp
Introduced: 07/06/1997

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 214
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: Usa Mobility Wireless
Introduced: 05/18/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 215
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC
Introduced: 05/10/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 216
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: U.s. Telepacific Corp.
Introduced: 08/14/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 217
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Anaheim
Carrier: Level 3 Communications
Introduced: 05/03/2001

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 218
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: Verizon California Inc.-ca (gte)
Introduced: 01/11/1997

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 219
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Charter Fiberlink Ca-cco
Introduced: 07/13/2005

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 220
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Compton
Carrier: Pacific Bell
Introduced: 01/11/1997

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 221
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: New Cingular Wireless PCS
Introduced: 02/08/2001

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 222
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Pico Rivera
Carrier: Verizon California Inc.-ca (gte)
Introduced: 01/25/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 223
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Compton
Carrier: 33 Wireless Inc.
Introduced: 08/14/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 224
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: 33 Wireless Inc.
Introduced: 05/18/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 225
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 226
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Usa Mobility Wireless
Introduced: 08/14/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 227
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Usa Mobility Wireless
Introduced: 01/11/1997

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 228
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Tw Telecom Of California Lp
Introduced: 05/18/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 229
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Verizon California Inc.-ca (gte)
Introduced: 11/20/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 230
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 231
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Los Angeles
Carrier: U.s. Telepacific Corp.
Introduced: 02/27/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 232
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Los Angeles
Carrier: U.s. Telepacific Corp.
Introduced: 05/10/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 233
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless
Introduced: 05/10/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 234
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 235
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 236
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Los Angeles
Carrier: U.s. Telepacific Corp.
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 237
Usage: Landline
Primary City: La Habra
Carrier: Pacific Bell - Clec
Introduced: 05/10/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 238
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Compton
Carrier: Usa Mobility Wireless
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 239
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Level 3 Communications
Introduced: 05/10/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 240
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Teleport Communications Group - Los Angeles
Introduced: 11/20/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 242
Usage: Landline
Primary City: La Habra
Carrier: Pac - West Telecomm
Introduced: 05/10/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 243
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: New Cingular Wireless PCS
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 244
Usage: Wireless
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Introduced: 01/14/2000

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 245
Usage: Landline
Primary City: La Habra
Carrier: Xo California
Introduced: 07/22/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 246
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Mpower Communications Corp
Introduced: 11/20/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 247
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Norwalk
Carrier: Charter Fiberlink Ca-cco
Introduced: 07/26/2013

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 248
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Mpower Communications Corp
Introduced: 11/20/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 249
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Lakewood
Carrier: Mpower Communications Corp
Introduced: 11/20/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 250
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Downey
Carrier: Mpower Communications Corp
Introduced: 11/20/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 251
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Compton
Carrier: Mpower Communications Corp
Introduced: 11/20/1998

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 252
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Seal Beach
Carrier: Broadwing Communications
Introduced: 05/10/1999

Area Code: 562
Prefix: 253
Usage: Landline
Primary City: Long Beach
Carrier: T-mobile Usa
Introduced: 04/12/2001