El código regional siempre va seguido de 7 dígitos adicionales del número de teléfono real (a excepción de los números especiales). Las 3 primeras cifras pertenecen originalmente al proveedor de telecomunicaciones correspondiente. Sin embargo, no son los mismos en todo el país, sino que se reasignan dentro de cada prefijo. Con la introducción de la portabilidad del número, es decir, la transferencia de un número de teléfono existente a otro proveedor, esta asignación se ha diluido en gran medida. Si solicita un nuevo número de teléfono, normalmente puede elegir entre varios de estos números específicos de proveedor. En realidad, sólo se asignan libremente las 4 últimas cifras del número.
Un prefijo no siempre tiene que corresponder a una sola ciudad. También puede aplicarse a una zona más amplia con varias ciudades. A la inversa, la zona urbana de Nueva York, por ejemplo, está dividida en varias áreas porque en ella vive un número especialmente elevado de personas. Especialmente en las aglomeraciones urbanas de rápido crecimiento, esto apenas es suficiente a lo largo del tiempo. Así, se asignan más códigos de área a una región poco a poco, pero no consecutivamente. Esta asignación de varios prefijos a un área se denomina "superposición". Comenzó en 1947 con 86 números. Ahora hay más de 450, 357 de ellos sólo en Estados Unidos. No hay códigos con un 0 o un 1 al principio. También se reservan varias combinaciones para números especiales.
Sin embargo, ni siquiera se puede hacer una clasificación geográfica aproximada a partir de las cifras. No existe un orden ascendente de oeste a este ni de norte a sur. Sólo la densamente poblada California tiene 40 prefijos que van del 209 al 951. El Distrito de Columbia sólo tiene dos prefijos (202 y 771).
Para reconocer la procedencia de un número de teléfono, se utilizan amplias listas que ya están programadas en la mayoría de los teléfonos. Esto indica automáticamente a la persona que llama de qué región procede la llamada.
Al contrario que en la mayoría de los demás países, en EE.UU. no existen rangos de números individuales ni códigos de área específicos para la telefonía móvil. Por tanto, la persona que llama no sabe si lo hace a través de una conexión de red fija o de un teléfono móvil. Por supuesto, las conexiones a una red móvil también cuestan más en EE.UU. que dentro de la red fija clásica. Por tanto, el recargo por la conexión móvil corre a cargo de la persona que llama. En el pasado, esto podía costar rápidamente mucho dinero. Ahora, sin embargo, todos los proveedores estadounidenses ofrecen tarifas planas que a menudo no cuestan más que unos pocos dólares al mes. De este modo, los costes de las llamadas entrantes son razonables.
Prefijo | Regiones |
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209, 350 | Atwater, Ceres, Lodi, Los Banos, Manteca, Merced, West Modesto, Stockton, Tracy, Turlock |
323, 738, 213 | Los Angeles, Bell, Cudahy, Florence-Graham, Maywood, Montebello, South Gate, West Hollywood, Westmont |
310, 424 | Beverly Hills, West Carson, Culver City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Lomita, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Torrance |
408, 669 | Campbell, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sunnyvale |
415, 628 | Novato, San Anselmo, South San Francisco, San Rafael |
442 | La Quinta, Oceanside, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Ridgecrest, San Marcos, Victorville, Vista, Apple Valley, Barstow, Brawley, Calexico, Carlsbad, Cathedral City, Coachella, El Centro, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hesperia, Indio |
510, 341 | Alameda, Berkeley, Castro Valley, El Cerrito, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, Oakland, Richmond, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, San Pablo, Union City |
530, 837 | Chico, Davis, Paradise, Redding, South Lake Tahoe, Woodland, Yuba City |
559 | Clovis, Fresno, Hanford, Madera, Porterville, Reedley, Tulare, Visalia |
562 | Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, La Habra, La Mirada, Lakewood, Long Beach, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Seal Beach, South Whittier, West Whittier-Los Nietos, Whittier |
619, 858 | Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, La Presa, Lemon Grove, National City, Rancho San Diego, San Diego, Poway, Santee, Spring Valley |
626 | Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, West Covina, Duarte, South El Monte, Glendora, Hacienda Heights, La Puente, Monrovia, Monterey Park, South Pasadena, Rosemead, Rowland Heights, South San Gabriel, South San Jose Hills, Temple City, Valinda, Walnut, West Puente Valley |
650 | Belmont, Burlingame, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Mountain View, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco |
657, 714 | Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, Stanton, North Tustin, Westminster, Yorba Linda |
661 | Bakersfield, Delano, Lancaster, Oildale, Palmdale, Santa Clarita, Wasco |
707, 369 | Benicia, Eureka, Fairfield, Napa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Suisun, Vacaville, Vallejo, Windsor |
747, 818 | Agoura Hills, Burbank, Calabasas, North Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, San Fernando |
760 | Apple Valley, Barstow, Brawley, Calexico, Carlsbad, Cathedral City, Coachella, El Centro, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hesperia, Indio, La Quinta, Oceanside, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Ridgecrest, San Marcos, Victorville, Vista |
805, 820 | Atascadero, Camarillo, Paso Robles, Goleta, Lompoc, Moorpark, Orcutt, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks |
831 | Hollister, Marina, Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Seaside, Watsonville |
909, 840 | Chino, Chino Hills, Claremont, Colton, Diamond Bar, Fontana, Highland, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino, San Dimas, Upland, Yucaipa |
916, 279 | Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, North Fair Oaks, Florin, Folsom, La Riviera, Laguna, North Highlands, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, Rocklin, Rosemont, Roseville, West Sacramento |
925 | Antioch, Bay Point, Brentwood, Concord, Danville, Dublin, Lafayette, Livermore, Martinez, Oakley, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, San Ramon, Walnut Creek |
949 | Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano |
951 | Banning, Corona, Hemet, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Perris, Riverside, Rubidoux, Temecula |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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239 | Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, North Fort Myers, Golden Gate, Lehigh Acres, Naples |
305, 786, 645 | Aventura, Carol City, Coral Gables, Coral Terrace, Country Club, Cutler Ridge, Doral, Golden Glades, Hialeah, Homestead, Kendale Lakes, Kendall West, Key West, Leisure City, West Miami, North Miami Beach, Miami Lakes, Miramar, Norland, North Miami, Richmond West, Richmond Heights, South Miami Heights, Tamiami, West Little River, Westchester |
321 | Altamonte Springs, South Apopka, Casselberry, Kissimmee, West Melbourne, Merritt Island, Oak Ridge, Ocoee, Orlando, Oviedo, Palm Bay, Pine Hills, Rockledge, Sanford, Saint Cloud, Titusville, University Park, Wekiwa Springs, Winter Park, Winter Springs |
352 | Gainesville, Oakland Park, Ocala, Spring Hill |
386 | Daytona Beach, DeLand, Deltona, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach, Palm Coast, Port Orange |
407, 689 | Altamonte Springs, South Apopka, Casselberry, Kissimmee, Oak Ridge, Ocoee, Orlando, Oviedo, Pine Hills, Sanford, Saint Cloud, University Park, Wekiwa Springs, Winter Park, Winter Springs |
561, 728 | Boca Del Mar, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Jupiter, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, University Park, Wellington |
727 | Bayonet Point, Clearwater, Dunedin, Holiday, Largo, Lealman, Palm Harbor, Pinellas Park, Saint Petersburg, Tarpon Springs |
754, 954 | Coconut Creek, Cooper City, Coral Springs, Dania Beach, Davie, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale Beach, Hollywood, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Margate, North Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Sunrise, Tamarac, Weston |
772 | Fort Pierce South, Palm City, Port Saint Lucie, Vero Beach South |
813, 656 | Brandon, Citrus Park, Greater Northdale, Lake Magdalene, Land O' Lakes, Plant City, Tampa, Temple Terrace, Town 'n' Country |
850, 448 | Bellview, Brent, Ferry Pass, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, West Pensacola, Tallahassee, Wright |
863 | Lakeland, Winter Haven |
904, 324 | Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Lakeside |
941 | South Bradenton, North Port, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Sarasota |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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217, 447 | Champaign, Charleston, Danville, Decatur, Quincy, Springfield, Urbana |
224, 847 | Algonquin, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, Des Plaines, South Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Evanston, Glenview, Gurnee, Highland Park, Hoffman Estates, Lake Forest, Lake in the Hills, Libertyville, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Niles, North Chicago, Northbrook, Palatine, Park Ridge, Rolling Meadows, Round Lake Beach, Schaumburg, Skokie, Vernon Hills, Waukegan, Wheeling, Wilmette, Zion |
309, 861 | Bloomington, East Moline, East Peoria, Galesburg, Moline, Normal, Pekin, Peoria, Rock Island |
312, 773 | West Chicago |
331, 630 | Addison, North Aurora, Bartlett, Batavia, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Carol Stream, Darien, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Lisle, Lombard, Naperville, Roselle, Saint Charles, Streamwood, Villa Park, West Chicago, Westmont, Wheaton, Woodridge |
618, 730 | East Alton, Belleville, Carbondale, Collinsville, East Saint Louis, Edwardsville, Granite City, O'Fallon |
708, 464 | Bellwood, Berwyn, Blue Island, Burbank, Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Cicero, Dolton, Elmwood Park, Evergreen Park, Harvey, Lansing, Maywood, Melrose Park, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Orland Park, Park Forest, South Holland, Tinley Park |
779, 815 | Belvidere, Crystal Lake, DeKalb, Freeport, Joliet, Kankakee, Loves Park, Machesney Park, McHenry, Rockford, Romeoville, Woodstock |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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339, 781 | Arlington, Braintree, Burlington, Dedham, Lexington, Lynn, Malden, Marblehead, Medford, Melrose, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Reading, Revere, Saugus, Stoneham, Wakefield, Waltham, Wellesley, Weymouth, Winchester, Woburn |
351, 978 | Beverly, Chelmsford, Danvers, Fitchburg, Gardner, Gloucester, Haverhill, Lawrence, Leominster, Lowell, Methuen, South Peabody, Salem, Wilmington |
413 | Agawam, North Chicopee, Holyoke, Northampton, Pittsfield, West Springfield, Westfield |
508, 774 | Attleboro, Barnstable, Brockton, Fall River, Framingham, Franklin, Marlborough, Milford, New Bedford, Taunton, Worcester |
617, 857 | Belmont, South Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Milton, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Watertown |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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231 | Muskegon, Norton Shores, Shelby |
248, 947 | West Bloomfield Township, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Madison Heights, Novi, Oak Park, Pontiac, Rochester Hills, Royal Oak, Southfield, Troy, Waterford |
269 | Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Portage |
313, 679 | Allen Park, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Hamtramck, Inkster, Lincoln Park, Redford, Taylor |
517 | Adrian, Clinton, East Lansing, Jackson, Lansing, Okemos |
586 | Clinton, Eastpointe, Roseville, Shelby, Saint Clair Shores, Sterling Heights, Warren |
616 | Forest Hills, Grand Rapids, Holland, Kentwood, Walker, WY |
734 | Ann Arbor, Canton, Garden City, Livonia, South Monroe, Plymouth, Romulus, Southgate, Westland, Wyandotte, Ypsilanti |
810 | Burton, Flint, Port Huron |
989 | Bay City, Midland, Mount Pleasant, Saginaw |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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201, 551 | Bayonne, Bergenfield, Cliffside Park, Englewood, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen, Paramus, Ridgewood, Teaneck, Union City, West New York |
609, 640 | Atlantic City, Ewing, Trenton, Willingboro |
732, 848 | Carteret, East Brunswick, Edison, Lakewood, West Long Branch, New Brunswick, North Plainfield, South Old Bridge, Perth Amboy, Rahway, Sayreville, Somerset, Toms River |
856 | Bridgeton, Camden, Cherry Hill, Millville, Pennsauken, Vineland, Willingboro |
862 | Belleville, Bloomfield, Clifton, East Orange, Garfield, Hillside, Irvington, Kearny, Livingston, Lodi, Maplewood, Montclair, Morristown, Newark, Nutley, West Orange, Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, West Milford |
908 | Cranford, Elizabeth, Hillside, Linden, South Plainfield, Roselle, Scotch Plains, Summit, Union City, Westfield |
973 | Belleville, Bloomfield, Clifton, East Orange, Garfield, Irvington, Livingston, Lodi, Maplewood, Montclair, Morristown, Newark, Nutley, West Orange, Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, West Milford |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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212, 332, 646 | New York City |
315, 680 | Auburn, Rome, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown |
347, 718, 929 | The Bronx, Brooklyn, New York City, Borough of Queens, Staten Island |
516, 363 | Baldwin, East Meadow, Elmont, Franklin Square, Freeport, Garden City, Glen Cove, West Hempstead, Hicksville, Levittown, Long Beach, North Massapequa, North Merrick, North Bellmore, Oceanside, Plainview, Rockville Centre, Uniondale, Valley Stream |
518, 838 | West Albany, Rotterdam, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, Troy |
585 | Brighton, Irondequoit, Rochester |
607 | Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca |
631, 934 | North Bay Shore, Brentwood, Centereach, Central Islip, Commack, Copiague, Coram, Deer Park, Dix Hills, East Northport, East Patchogue, Hauppauge, Holbrook, Huntington Station, West Islip, North Lindenhurst, Medford, Ronkonkoma, Selden, Shirley, Smithtown, West Babylon |
716, 624 | Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Jamestown, South Lockport, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Tonawanda, West Seneca |
845, 329 | Kingston, Middletown, New City, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Spring Valley |
914 | Harrison, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Ossining, Peekskill, Port Chester, White Plains, Yonkers |
917 | The Bronx, Brooklyn, New York City, Borough of Queens, Staten Island |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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216 | Brook Park, East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, South Euclid, Garfield Heights, Lakewood, Maple Heights, Parma, Shaker Heights |
220, 740 | Athens, Chillicothe, DE, Lancaster, Marion, Newark, Portsmouth, Zanesville |
234, 330 | Akron, Alliance, Austintown, Barberton, Boardman, Brunswick, North Canton, Cuyahoga Falls, Green, Hudson, Kent, Massillon, Medina, Niles, Stow, Warren, Wooster, Youngstown |
419, 567 | Ashland, Bowling Green, Findlay, Lima, Mansfield, Sandusky, Toledo |
440 | Ashtabula, Eastlake, Elyria, Lorain, Mentor, North Olmsted, North Ridgeville, North Royalton, Parma, Parma Heights, Rocky River, Solon, Strongsville, Westlake, Willoughby |
513, 283 | Cincinnati, Fairfield, Hamilton, Mason, Middletown, Norwood, Oxford |
614, 380 | Columbus, Dublin, Gahanna, Grove City, Hilliard, Reynoldsburg, Upper Arlington, Westerville |
937, 326 | Beavercreek, Centerville, Dayton, Fairborn, Huber Heights, Kettering, Piqua, Riverside, Sidney, Springfield, Trotwood, Troy, Xenia |
Prefijo | Regiones |
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210, 726 | San Antonio |
254 | Copperas Cove, Fort Hood, Killeen, Temple, Waco |
281, 346, 713, 832 | Alvin, Atascocita, Baytown, Channelview, Cloverleaf, Deer Park, Friendswood, South Houston, La Porte, League City, Mission Bend, Missouri City, Pasadena, Pearland, Rosenberg, Spring, Sugar Land, The Woodlands |
325 | Abilene, San Angelo |
361 | Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Victoria |
409 | Beaumont, Galveston, Port Arthur, Texas City |
432 | Big Spring, Midland, West Odessa |
469, 945, 214 | Dallas metropolitan area |
512, 737 | Austin, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos |
682, 817 | Arlington, Bedford, Benbrook, Burleson, Cleburne, Euless, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Haltom City, Hurst, Keller, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Southlake, Watauga |
806 | Amarillo, Lubbock, Plainview |
830 | Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Seguin |
903 | Corsicana, Denison, Greenville, Longview, Marshall, Paris, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler |
915 | El Paso, Socorro |
936 | Conroe, Huntsville, Lufkin, Nacogdoches |
940 | Denton, Lewisville, Wichita Falls |
956 | Brownsville, Edinburg, Harlingen, Laredo, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, San Benito, San Juan, Weslaco |
972 | Allen, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Coppell, Dallas, DeSoto, Duncanville, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Irving, Lancaster, Lewisville, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano, Richardson, Rowlett, The Colony, University Park, Waxahachie |
979 | Bryan, College Station, Lake Jackson |