Area Code Overview

Area code 979 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 767,302.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 979
State: Texas
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: February 19, 2000
Overlay Complex: 979
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 979

This area code is ranked 259th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 23rd out of 28.

3,037,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 979

Total assigned 3,037,000

Wireless

888,000 assigned

29.24%

Wireline and VoIP

1,532,000 assigned

50.44%

Other / Unclassified

617,000 assigned

20.32%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 979

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 888,000

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

AT&T Wireless 454,000 (51.13%)

AERIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 212,000 (23.87%)

Verizon Wireless 140,000 (15.77%)

T-Mobile 59,000 (6.64%)

EVOLVE CELLULAR, INC. 20,000 (2.25%)

Optimum Mobile 3,000 (0.34%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 979

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 1,532,000

Onvoy 369,000 (24.09%)

Verizon 280,000 (18.28%)

AT&T 208,000 (13.58%)

Spectrum 123,000 (8.03%)

Lumen 111,000 (7.25%)

Bandwidth 70,000 (4.57%)

Commio 64,000 (4.18%)

Telnyx 50,000 (3.26%)

Peerless Network 43,000 (2.81%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 36,000 (2.35%)

CEBRIDGE TELECOM TX , L.P. - TX 22,000 (1.44%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - TX 21,000 (1.37%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 979

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 617,000

TEXAS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 240,000 (38.90%)

IP HORIZON LLC 71,000 (11.51%)

COLORADO VALLEY TEL. COOP., INC. 60,000 (9.72%)

SPOK, INC. 50,000 (8.10%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - TX 37,000 (6.00%)

BRAZORIA TEL. CO. 30,000 (4.86%)

INDUSTRY TEL. CO. 30,000 (4.86%)

FRACTEL, LLC 26,000 (4.21%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 24,000 (3.89%)

BCM ONE CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 10,000 (1.62%)

BRIGHTSPEED OF TEXAS, INC. 10,000 (1.62%)

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS COMPANY 10,000 (1.62%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 979

Angleton, Texas Bay City, Texas Beasley, Texas Bellville, Texas Boling-newgulf, Texas Borden, Texas Brazoria, Texas Brenham, Texas Bryan, Texas Burton, Texas Caldwell, Texas Calvert, Texas Carmine, Texas Churchill, Texas Columbus, Texas Damon, Texas Deanville, Texas Dime Box, Texas Eagle Lake, Texas East Bernard, Texas El Campo, Texas Fayetteville, Texas Franklin, Texas Freeport, Texas Garwood, Texas Giddings, Texas Glen Flora, Texas Hearne, Texas Hempstead, Texas High Hill, Texas Hostyn, Texas Industry, Texas Kurten, Texas La Grange, Texas Lake Jackson, Texas Lexington, Texas Louise, Texas Markham, Texas Matagorda, Texas Moravia, Texas Needville, Texas New Ulm, Texas Northrup, Texas Plum, Texas Schulenburg, Texas Sealy, Texas Snook, Texas Somerville, Texas Sweeny, Texas Wallis, Texas Warrenton, Texas Weimar, Texas West Columbia, Texas Wharton, 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 979, 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