Area Code Overview

Area code 601 is a geographic telephone area code in Mississippi that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,245,317.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 601
State: Mississippi
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 601/769
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 601

This area code is tied for 72nd out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 1st out of 4.

6,344,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 601

Total assigned 6,344,000

Wireless

1,814,000 assigned

28.59%

Wireline and VoIP

3,446,000 assigned

54.32%

Other / Unclassified

1,084,000 assigned

17.09%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 601

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,814,000

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

AT&T Wireless 976,000 (53.80%)

CELLULAR SOUTH, INC. 400,000 (22.05%)

Verizon Wireless 227,000 (12.51%)

T-Mobile 183,000 (10.09%)

ELISKA WIRELESS VENTURES SUBSIDIARY I, LLC 28,000 (1.54%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 601

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 3,446,000

AT&T 1,654,000 (48.00%)

Onvoy 532,000 (15.44%)

Bandwidth 469,000 (13.61%)

Lumen 224,000 (6.50%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 115,000 (3.34%)

Comcast Business 100,000 (2.90%)

Spectrum 72,000 (2.09%)

FRANKLIN TELEPHONE COMPANY, LLC 70,000 (2.03%)

Telnyx 56,000 (1.63%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 48,000 (1.39%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - MS 37,000 (1.07%)

WINDSTREAM MISSISSIPPI, INC. 32,000 (0.93%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 601

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 1,084,000

TELEPAK NETWORKS, INC. - MS 702,000 (64.76%)

BAY SPRINGS TEL. CO., INC. 100,000 (9.23%)

TEC OF JACKSON, INC. - MS 66,000 (6.09%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA MS - LLC 59,000 (5.44%)

SPOK, INC. 50,000 (4.61%)

TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 30,000 (2.77%)

DIXIE NET COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 12,000 (1.11%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 10,000 (0.92%)

DECATUR TEL. CO., INC. 10,000 (0.92%)

GEORGETOWN TEL. CO. 10,000 (0.92%)

GULFPINES COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 10,000 (0.92%)

SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TEL. CO. 10,000 (0.92%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 601

Barlow, Mississippi Bassfield, Mississippi Bay Springs, Mississippi Beaumont, Mississippi Benndale, Mississippi Big Creek, Mississippi Bolton, Mississippi Brandon, Mississippi Briarwood, Mississippi Brookhaven, Mississippi Buckatunna, Mississippi Canton, Mississippi Carthage, Mississippi Centreville, Mississippi Clinton, Mississippi Collins, Mississippi Columbia, Mississippi Crosby, Mississippi Cross Roads, Mississippi Crystal Springs, Mississippi De Kalb, Mississippi Decatur, Mississippi Duffee, Mississippi Eddiceton, Mississippi Edwards, Mississippi Ellisville, Mississippi Enterprise, Mississippi Fayette, Mississippi Flora, Mississippi Florence, Mississippi Forest, Mississippi Georgetown, Mississippi Gloster, Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hazlehurst, Mississippi Heidelberg, Mississippi Hermanville, Mississippi Homewood, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Janice, Mississippi Lake, Mississippi Laurel, Mississippi Leakesville, Mississippi Liberty, Mississippi Louin, Mississippi Lucedale, Mississippi Lumberton, Mississippi Lynville, Mississippi Madison, Mississippi Magee, Mississippi Magnolia, Mississippi Mc Lain, Mississippi Mccomb, Mississippi Meadville, Mississippi Mendenhall, Mississippi Meridian, Mississippi Mize, Mississippi Monticello, Mississippi Morton, Mississippi Mount Olive, Mississippi Natchez, Mississippi Neely, Mississippi New Augusta, Mississippi Newhebron, Mississippi Newton, Mississippi Obadiah, Mississippi Ophelia, Mississippi Osyka, Mississippi Pelahatchie, Mississippi Picayune, Mississippi Pittman, Mississippi Polkville, Mississippi Poplarville, Mississippi Port Gibson, Mississippi Prentiss, Mississippi Purvis, Mississippi Quitman, Mississippi Raleigh, Mississippi Raymond, Mississippi Richton, Mississippi Rose Hill, Mississippi Roxie, Mississippi Sandhill, Mississippi Seminary, Mississippi Shubuta, Mississippi Silver Creek, Mississippi Soso, Mississippi State Line, Mississippi Sumrall, Mississippi Sylvarena, Mississippi Taylorsville, Mississippi Terry, Mississippi Toomsuba, Mississippi Tylertown, Mississippi Union, Mississippi Utica, Mississippi Vicksburg, Mississippi Walters, Mississippi Waynesboro, Mississippi Wesson, Mississippi White Oak, Mississippi Wiggins, Mississippi Woodville, Mississippi

These geographic regions are also served by area code 769.

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 601, 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