Area Code Overview

Area code 850 is a geographic telephone area code in Florida that went into service on June 23, 1997. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,623,326.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 850
State: Florida
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: June 23, 1997
Overlay Complex: 448/850
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 850

This area code is ranked 52nd out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 7th out of 23.

6,534,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 850

Total assigned 6,534,000

Wireless

2,103,000 assigned

32.19%

Wireline and VoIP

3,772,000 assigned

57.73%

Other / Unclassified

659,000 assigned

10.09%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 850

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,103,000

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

Verizon Wireless 785,000 (37.33%)

AT&T Wireless 556,000 (26.44%)

T-Mobile 516,000 (24.54%)

ELISKA WIRELESS VENTURES SUBSIDIARY I, LLC 213,000 (10.13%)

CELLULAR SOUTH, INC. 30,000 (1.43%)

Optimum Mobile 3,000 (0.14%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 850

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 3,772,000

Lumen 1,213,000 (32.16%)

Onvoy 762,000 (20.20%)

AT&T 649,000 (17.21%)

Bandwidth 279,000 (7.40%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 213,000 (5.65%)

Comcast Business 189,000 (5.01%)

Spectrum 185,000 (4.90%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 55,000 (1.46%)

WOW! INTERNET, CABLE AND PHONE 35,000 (0.93%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM, INC. - FL 34,000 (0.90%)

Commio 29,000 (0.77%)

Telnyx 24,000 (0.64%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 850

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 659,000

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS OF FLORIDA COMPANY 220,000 (33.38%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - FL 134,000 (20.33%)

SPOK, INC. 70,000 (10.62%)

IP HORIZON LLC 60,000 (9.10%)

QUINCY TEL CO 52,000 (7.89%)

MCC TELEPHONY OF FLORIDA, LLC - FL 37,000 (5.61%)

MCC TELEPHONY LLC 31,000 (4.70%)

SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 16,000 (2.43%)

TELEPAK NETWORKS, INC. - FL 11,000 (1.67%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 10,000 (1.52%)

FRACTEL, LLC 10,000 (1.52%)

XO FLORIDA, INC. 6,000 (0.91%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 850

Alligator Point, Florida Altha, Florida Apalachicola, Florida Blountstown, Florida Bonifay, Florida Bristol, Florida Cantonment, Florida Carrabelle, Florida Century, Florida Cherry Lake, Florida Chipley, Florida Cottondale, Florida Crawfordville, Florida Crestview, Florida DeFuniak Springs, Florida Destin, Florida Eastpoint, Florida Fort Walton Beach, Florida Freeport, Florida Glendale, Florida Graceville, Florida Greensboro, Florida Greenville, Florida Greenwood, Florida Gretna, Florida Gulf Breeze, Florida Havana, Florida Holley Navarre Census Designated Place, Florida Hosford, Florida Jay, Florida Keaton Beach, Florida Laurel Hill, Florida Lynn Haven, Florida Madison, Florida Marianna, Florida Milton, Florida Molino, Florida Monticello, Florida Munson, Florida Pace, Florida Panama City Beach, Florida Panama City, Florida Paxton, Florida Pensacola, Florida Perry, Florida Port St. Joe, Florida Quincy, Florida Saint Marks, Florida Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Seagrove Beach, Florida Shalimar, Florida Sneads, Florida Sunny Hill, Florida Tallahassee, Florida Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida Vernon, Florida Walnut Hill, Florida Westville, Florida Wewahitchka, Florida Youngstown, Florida

These geographic regions are also served by area code 448.

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 850, 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