Area Code Overview

Area code 936 is a geographic telephone area code in Texas that went into service on February 19, 2000. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,031,312.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 936
State: Texas
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: February 19, 2000
Overlay Complex: 936
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 936

This area code is ranked 251st out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 21st out of 28.

3,173,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 936

Total assigned 3,173,000

Wireless

894,000 assigned

28.18%

Wireline and VoIP

1,632,000 assigned

51.43%

Other / Unclassified

647,000 assigned

20.39%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 936

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 894,000

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

AT&T Wireless 404,000 (45.19%)

AERIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 230,000 (25.73%)

Verizon Wireless 192,000 (21.48%)

T-Mobile 59,000 (6.60%)

Optimum Mobile 8,000 (0.89%)

EVOLVE CELLULAR, INC. 1,000 (0.11%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 936

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 1,632,000

Onvoy 442,000 (27.08%)

AT&T 208,000 (12.75%)

Spectrum 185,000 (11.34%)

VALOR TELECOMM TX, LD-TX #2 DBA WINDSTREAM COMM SW 148,000 (9.07%)

Lumen 124,000 (7.60%)

Bandwidth 99,000 (6.07%)

Commio 78,000 (4.78%)

Peerless Network 57,000 (3.49%)

CEBRIDGE TELECOM TX , L.P. - TX 55,000 (3.37%)

Telnyx 52,000 (3.19%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 36,000 (2.21%)

VALOR TELECOMM TX, LP-TX #1 DBA WINDSTREAM COMM SW 31,000 (1.90%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 936

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 647,000

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS COMPANY 327,000 (50.54%)

EASTEX TEL. COOP., INC. 70,000 (10.82%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 43,000 (6.65%)

LIVINGSTON TEL. CO. 40,000 (6.18%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - TX 33,000 (5.10%)

BRIGHTSPEED OF EASTERN TEXAS, INC. 30,000 (4.64%)

FRACTEL, LLC 30,000 (4.64%)

IP HORIZON LLC 24,000 (3.71%)

GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. - TX 10,000 (1.55%)

LAKE LIVINGSTON TEL. CO. 10,000 (1.55%)

SPOK, INC. 10,000 (1.55%)

TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 10,000 (1.55%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 936

Alto, Texas Anderson, Texas Apple Springs, Texas Austonio, Texas Batson, Texas Bedias, Texas Blanchard, Texas Broaddus, Texas Center Point, Texas Centralia, Texas Chester, Texas Chireno, Texas Coldspring, Texas Conroe, Texas Corrigan, Texas Crockett, Texas Cushing, Texas Dayton, Texas Devers, Texas Diboll, Texas Etoile, Texas Evergreen, Texas Fuller, Texas Garrison, Texas Goodrich, Texas Grapeland, Texas Groveton, Texas Hardin, Texas Hilltop Lakes, Texas Hudson, Texas Hull, Texas Huntington, Texas Huntsville, Texas Huxley, Texas Iola, Texas Joaquin, Texas Kennard, Texas Liberty, Texas Livingston, Texas Lovelady, Texas Lufkin, Texas Madisonville, Texas Memorial, Texas Montgomery, Texas Nacogdoches, Texas Navasota, Texas New Waverly, Texas Normangee, Texas North Zulch, Texas Oakhurst, Texas Onalaska, Texas Pennington, Texas Plantersville, Texas Prairie View, Texas Raywood, Texas Reklaw, Texas Richards, Texas San Augustine, Texas Saratoga, Texas Segno, Texas Shepherd, Texas Shiro, Texas Tenaha, Texas Timpson, Texas Trinity, Texas Waller, Texas Washington, Texas Waterwood, Texas Wells, Texas Willis, Texas Zavalla, Texas

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 936, 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