Area Code Overview

Area code 316 is a geographic telephone area code in Kansas that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 638,881.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 316
State: Kansas
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 316
Local Dialing Plan: This area does not require you to dial the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 316

This area code is ranked 270th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 4th out of 4.

2,761,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 316

Total assigned 2,761,000

Wireless

1,201,000 assigned

43.50%

Wireline and VoIP

1,417,000 assigned

51.32%

Other / Unclassified

143,000 assigned

5.18%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 316

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,201,000

Numbers may later be ported to another carrier, but this chart reflects original number assignment, not current subscriber share.

AT&T Wireless 477,000 (39.72%)

T-Mobile 409,000 (34.06%)

Verizon Wireless 310,000 (25.81%)

UScellular 3,000 (0.25%)

N.E. COLORADO CELLULAR, INC. 1,000 (0.08%)

Optimum Mobile 1,000 (0.08%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 316

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 1,417,000

AT&T 454,000 (32.04%)

Onvoy 318,000 (22.44%)

Comcast Business 171,000 (12.07%)

Bandwidth 153,000 (10.80%)

Lumen 92,000 (6.49%)

Peerless Network 79,000 (5.58%)

Spectrum 48,000 (3.39%)

Telnyx 25,000 (1.76%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 20,000 (1.41%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - KS 16,000 (1.13%)

Commio 13,000 (0.92%)

NUSO 11,000 (0.78%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 316

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 143,000

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - KS 36,000 (25.17%)

SPOK, INC. 30,000 (20.98%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 20,000 (13.99%)

FRACTEL, LLC 20,000 (13.99%)

IP HORIZON LLC 14,000 (9.79%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 8,000 (5.59%)

IDEATEK TELCOM, LLC - KS 4,000 (2.80%)

STRATUS NETWORKS 3,000 (2.10%)

CORETEL KANSAS, INC. - KS 2,000 (1.40%)

SKT, INC. - KS 2,000 (1.40%)

AIRESPRING, INC. 1,000 (0.70%)

GIANT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - KS 1,000 (0.70%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 316

Andale, Kansas Benton, Kansas Cheney, Kansas Douglass, Kansas El Dorado, Kansas Garden Plain, Kansas Goddard, Kansas Halstead, Kansas Leon, Kansas Mount Hope, Kansas Newton, Kansas Towanda, Kansas Whitewater, Kansas Wichita, Kansas

How These Figures Were Built

These figures are estimates based on public phone-number assignment records. They are meant to show the likely mix of assigned phone numbers associated with area code 316, not live customer counts.

Some providers may have assigned phone numbers tied to this area code even if they do not actively market or sell service locally. These figures reflect public number-assignment records, not confirmed local service availability.

They also do not reflect number portability at the individual phone-number level, so some numbers may now be used on a different network or by a different provider than the original assignment records suggest.

Population data and locality matching provided by GeoNames.

Last refreshed: April 15, 2026 6:22 pm