Area Code Overview

Area code 612 is a geographic telephone area code in Minnesota that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 488,436.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 612
State: Minnesota
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 612
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 612

This area code is ranked 170th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 2nd out of 7.

5,270,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 612

Total assigned 5,270,000

Wireless

2,505,000 assigned

47.53%

Wireline and VoIP

2,312,000 assigned

43.87%

Other / Unclassified

453,000 assigned

8.60%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 612

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,505,000

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

Verizon Wireless 880,000 (35.13%)

AERIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 784,000 (31.30%)

AT&T Wireless 776,000 (30.98%)

T-Mobile 64,000 (2.55%)

Optimum Mobile 1,000 (0.04%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 612

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,312,000

Lumen 1,288,000 (55.71%)

Onvoy 331,000 (14.32%)

Bandwidth 320,000 (13.84%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 86,000 (3.72%)

Comcast Business 53,000 (2.29%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 52,000 (2.25%)

Peerless Network 49,000 (2.12%)

ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM 41,000 (1.77%)

Spectrum 40,000 (1.73%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - MN 20,000 (0.87%)

Telnyx 13,000 (0.56%)

NUSO 5,000 (0.22%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 612

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 453,000

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 180,000 (39.74%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - MN 123,000 (27.15%)

SPOK, INC. 120,000 (26.49%)

POPP COMMUNICATIONS - MN 15,000 (3.31%)

HD CARRIER LLC 4,000 (0.88%)

FRACTEL, LLC 3,000 (0.66%)

XO MINNESOTA, LLC 2,000 (0.44%)

CALLWORKS CORPORATION 1,000 (0.22%)

EXIANT COMMUNICATIONS LLC 1,000 (0.22%)

FIVE9, INC. 1,000 (0.22%)

IP HORIZON LLC 1,000 (0.22%)

STRATUS NETWORKS 1,000 (0.22%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 612

Cambridge, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 612, 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