Area Code Overview

Area code 212 is a geographic telephone area code in New York that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 8,804,190.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 212
State: New York
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 212/332/347/465/646/718/917/929
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 212

This area code is ranked 15th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 4th out of 21.

7,015,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 212

Total assigned 7,015,000

Wireless

113,000 assigned

1.61%

Wireline and VoIP

6,477,000 assigned

92.33%

Other / Unclassified

425,000 assigned

6.06%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 212

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 113,000

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

T-Mobile 77,000 (68.14%)

AT&T Wireless 25,000 (22.12%)

Verizon Wireless 10,000 (8.85%)

LTE WIRELESS INC D/B/A LTE WIRELESS - NY 1,000 (0.89%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 212

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 6,477,000

VERIZON NEW YORK, INC. 5,470,000 (84.45%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 314,000 (4.85%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - NY 190,000 (2.93%)

Lumen 140,000 (2.16%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 129,000 (1.99%)

Bandwidth 77,000 (1.19%)

Onvoy 51,000 (0.79%)

RCN TELECOM SERVICES, INC. - NY 40,000 (0.62%)

CABLEVISION LIGHTPATH, INC. - NY 20,000 (0.31%)

Spectrum 19,000 (0.29%)

METROPOLITAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS - NY 10,000 (0.15%)

XCHANGE TELECOM CORP. - NY 9,000 (0.14%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 212

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 425,000

TC SYSTEMS, INC. - NY 345,000 (81.18%)

TELXMEDIA, INC. - NY 34,000 (8.00%)

YORKSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS LLC 22,000 (5.18%)

IP HORIZON LLC 14,000 (3.29%)

AMERICAN NETWORK, INC. 10,000 (2.35%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 212

New York, New York

These geographic regions are also served by area codes 332, 347, 465, 646, 718, 917, and 929.

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 212, 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