Area Code Overview

Area code 402 is a geographic telephone area code in Nebraska that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,425,753.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 402
State: Nebraska
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 402/531
Local Dialing Plan: This area does require you to dial the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 402

This area code is ranked 155th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 1st out of 3.

5,420,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 402

Total assigned 5,420,000

Wireless

1,730,000 assigned

31.92%

Wireline and VoIP

3,275,000 assigned

60.42%

Other / Unclassified

415,000 assigned

7.66%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 402

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,730,000

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

Verizon Wireless 899,000 (51.97%)

AT&T Wireless 430,000 (24.86%)

AERIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 223,000 (12.89%)

UScellular 133,000 (7.69%)

T-Mobile 23,000 (1.33%)

N.E. COLORADO CELLULAR, INC. 22,000 (1.27%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 402

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 3,275,000

Lumen 1,256,000 (38.35%)

Onvoy 634,000 (19.36%)

WINDSTREAM NEBRASKA, INC. 434,000 (13.25%)

Bandwidth 319,000 (9.74%)

Comcast Business 188,000 (5.74%)

Spectrum 122,000 (3.73%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 91,000 (2.78%)

WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MIDEWEST INC - NE 67,000 (2.05%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 38,000 (1.16%)

Verizon 31,000 (0.95%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 19,000 (0.58%)

CHARTER IP ENABLED SERVICES, LLC 16,000 (0.49%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 402

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 415,000

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - NE 91,000 (21.93%)

NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TEL. CO. 73,000 (17.59%)

HAMILTON TEL. CO. 51,000 (12.29%)

GREAT PLAINS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 40,000 (9.64%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 30,000 (7.23%)

BLAIR TEL. CO. 22,000 (5.30%)

DILLER TEL. CO. 20,000 (4.82%)

EASTERN NEBRASKA TEL. CO. 20,000 (4.82%)

ARLINGTON TEL. CO. 10,000 (2.41%)

GLENWOOD TEL. MEMBERSHIP CORP. 10,000 (2.41%)

IMON COMMUNICATIONS LLC 10,000 (2.41%)

INTRADO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 10,000 (2.41%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 402

Adams, Nebraska Ainsworth, Nebraska Albion, Nebraska Alexandria, Nebraska Allen, Nebraska Arlington, Nebraska Ashland, Nebraska Atkinson, Nebraska Auburn, Nebraska Aurora, Nebraska Avoca, Nebraska Bancroft, Nebraska Barneston, Nebraska Bassett, Nebraska Battle Creek, Nebraska Beatrice, Nebraska Beemer, Nebraska Belden, Nebraska Bellwood, Nebraska Benedict, Nebraska Bennet, Nebraska Blair, Nebraska Bloomfield, Nebraska Blue Hill, Nebraska Bradshaw, Nebraska Brainard, Nebraska Bristow, Nebraska Brock, Nebraska Brownville, Nebraska Bruning, Nebraska Bruno, Nebraska Brunswick, Nebraska Burchard, Nebraska Burr, Nebraska Butte, Nebraska Byron, Nebraska Carleton, Nebraska Carroll, Nebraska Center Court Mobile Home Park, Nebraska Ceresco, Nebraska Chambers, Nebraska Chester, Nebraska Clarkson, Nebraska Clatonia, Nebraska Clay Center, Nebraska Clearwater, Nebraska Cody, Nebraska Coleridge, Nebraska Colon, Nebraska Columbus, Nebraska Cook, Nebraska Cordova, Nebraska Cortland, Nebraska Crab Orchard, Nebraska Craig, Nebraska Creighton, Nebraska Creston, Nebraska Crete, Nebraska Crofton, Nebraska Crookston, Nebraska Davenport, Nebraska Davey, Nebraska David City, Nebraska Dawson, Nebraska Daykin, Nebraska De Witt, Nebraska Decatur, Nebraska Denton, Nebraska Deshler, Nebraska Deweese, Nebraska Diller, Nebraska Dixon, Nebraska Dodge, Nebraska Doniphan, Nebraska Dorchester, Nebraska Douglas, Nebraska Du Bois, Nebraska Dunbar, Nebraska Duncan, Nebraska Dwight, Nebraska Eagle, Nebraska Edgar, Nebraska Elgin, Nebraska Elk Creek, Nebraska Elmwood, Nebraska Emerson, Nebraska Ewing, Nebraska Exeter, Nebraska Fairbury, Nebraska Fairfield, Nebraska Fairmont, Nebraska Falls City, Nebraska Filley, Nebraska Firth, Nebraska Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Fremont, Nebraska Friend, Nebraska Garland, Nebraska Geneva, Nebraska Genoa, Nebraska Giltner, Nebraska Glenvil, Nebraska Grafton, Nebraska Greenwood, Nebraska Gresham, Nebraska Guide Rock, Nebraska Hallam, Nebraska Hampton, Nebraska Hansen, Nebraska Harbine, Nebraska Hardy, Nebraska Hartington, Nebraska Harvard, Nebraska Hastings, Nebraska Hebron, Nebraska Henderson, Nebraska Herman, Nebraska Hickman, Nebraska Homer, Nebraska Hooper, Nebraska Hordville, Nebraska Hoskins, Nebraska Howells, Nebraska Humboldt, Nebraska Humphrey, Nebraska Inman, Nebraska Ithaca, Nebraska Jackson, Nebraska Jansen, Nebraska Johnson, Nebraska Johnstown, Nebraska Julian, Nebraska Juniata, Nebraska Kenesaw, Nebraska Kennard, Nebraska Kilgore, Nebraska Laurel, Nebraska Leigh, Nebraska Liberty, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Lindsay, Nebraska Long Pine, Nebraska Louisville, Nebraska Lynch, Nebraska Macy, Nebraska Madison, Nebraska Malcolm, Nebraska Marquette, Nebraska Martell, Nebraska Mc Cool Junction, Nebraska Mead, Nebraska Meadow Grove, Nebraska Milford, Nebraska Milligan, Nebraska Monroe, Nebraska Murdock, Nebraska Murray, Nebraska Naper, Nebraska Nebraska City, Nebraska Nehawka, Nebraska Neligh, Nebraska Nelson, Nebraska Nemaha, Nebraska Newcastle, Nebraska Newman Grove, Nebraska Newport, Nebraska Niobrara, Nebraska Norfolk, Nebraska North Bend, Nebraska Oakdale, Nebraska Oakland, Nebraska Octavia, Nebraska Odell, Nebraska Ohiowa, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Oneill, Nebraska Ong, Nebraska Orchard, Nebraska Osceola, Nebraska Osmond, Nebraska Otoe, Nebraska Page, Nebraska Palmyra, Nebraska Panama, Nebraska Pawnee City, Nebraska Pender, Nebraska Peru, Nebraska Petersburg, Nebraska Phillips, Nebraska Pickrell, Nebraska Pierce, Nebraska Pilger, Nebraska Plainview, Nebraska Platte Center, Nebraska Plattsmouth, Nebraska Pleasant Dale, Nebraska Plymouth, Nebraska Polk, Nebraska Ponca, Nebraska Prague, Nebraska Randolph, Nebraska Raymond, Nebraska Red Cloud, Nebraska Rising City, Nebraska Rosalie, Nebraska Ruskin, Nebraska Saint Edward, Nebraska Schuyler, Nebraska Scribner, Nebraska Seward, Nebraska Shelby, Nebraska Shickley, Nebraska Snyder, Nebraska South Sioux City, Nebraska South Yankton, Nebraska Spencer, Nebraska Springview, Nebraska Stanton, Nebraska Staplehurst, Nebraska Steele City, Nebraska Steinauer, Nebraska Sterling, Nebraska Stockham, Nebraska Stromsburg, Nebraska Stuart, Nebraska Superior, Nebraska Surprise, Nebraska Sutton, Nebraska Swanton, Nebraska Syracuse, Nebraska Table Rock, Nebraska Talmage, Nebraska Tamora, Nebraska Tecumseh, Nebraska Tekamah, Nebraska Tilden, Nebraska Tobias, Nebraska Trumbull, Nebraska Uehling, Nebraska Ulysses, Nebraska Unadilla, Nebraska Union, Nebraska Utica, Nebraska Valentine, Nebraska Valparaiso, Nebraska Verdel, Nebraska Verdigre, Nebraska Virginia, Nebraska Waco, Nebraska Wahoo, Nebraska Wakefield, Nebraska Walnut, Nebraska Walthill, Nebraska Waterbury, Nebraska Wausa, Nebraska Waverly, Nebraska Wayne, Nebraska Weeping Water, Nebraska West Point, Nebraska Western, Nebraska Weston, Nebraska Wilber, Nebraska Winnebago, Nebraska Winnetoon, Nebraska Winside, Nebraska Wisner, Nebraska Wood Lake, Nebraska Wymore, Nebraska York, Nebraska Yutan, Nebraska

These geographic regions are also served by area code 531.

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 402, 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