Area Code Overview

Area code 562 is a geographic telephone area code in California that went into service on January 25, 1997. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,212,308.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 562
State: California
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 25, 1997
Overlay Complex: 562
Local Dialing Plan: This area requires you to dial 1 and the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 562

This area code is ranked 124th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 21st out of 39.

5,929,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 562

Total assigned 5,929,000

Wireless

2,897,000 assigned

48.86%

Wireline and VoIP

2,768,000 assigned

46.69%

Other / Unclassified

264,000 assigned

4.45%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 562

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,897,000

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

T-Mobile 1,329,000 (45.88%)

AT&T Wireless 872,000 (30.10%)

Verizon Wireless 646,000 (22.30%)

33 WIRELESS INC. 50,000 (1.73%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 562

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,768,000

Verizon 1,141,000 (41.22%)

Onvoy 509,000 (18.39%)

Bandwidth 341,000 (12.32%)

Spectrum 165,000 (5.96%)

AT&T 157,000 (5.67%)

Lumen 103,000 (3.72%)

Peerless Network 70,000 (2.53%)

TIME WARNER CBL INFO SVCS (CA) DBA TIME WARNER CAB 60,000 (2.17%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 53,000 (1.91%)

UTILITY TELECOM GROUP, LLC - CA 40,000 (1.45%)

Commio 35,000 (1.26%)

Telnyx 27,000 (0.98%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 562

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 264,000

SPOK, INC. 100,000 (37.88%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - CA 55,000 (20.83%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 20,000 (7.58%)

SHELCOMM 20,000 (7.58%)

HD CARRIER LLC 17,000 (6.44%)

NORTH COUNTY COMMUNICATION CORPORATION - CA 10,000 (3.79%)

U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. DBA TPX COMMUNICATIONS 10,000 (3.79%)

FRACTEL, LLC 8,000 (3.03%)

INTEGRATED PATH COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - CA 8,000 (3.03%)

IP HORIZON LLC 5,000 (1.89%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 4,000 (1.52%)

BARR TELL USA, LLC 3,000 (1.14%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 562

Compton, California Downey, California La Habra, California Lakewood, California Long Beach, California Los Alamitos, California Norwalk, California Pico Rivera, California Whittier, California

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 562, 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.

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