Where is area code 202?

Area code 202 is in the District of Columbia, in the United States: all 800 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 202, then the seven-digit number.

Is a 202 number mobile or landline?

Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 800 exchanges on record in 202, 262 (33%) were allocated as mobile, 438 (55%) as fixed line, 86 (11%) as VoIP and 14 (2%) have no line type on record. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type.

Which carriers have numbers in area code 202?

30 carriers hold exchanges in 202 on record; the most: Verizon (451), T-Mobile (97) and AT&T (68). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell.

How do I validate a 202 phone number?

In E.164 a 202 number matches ^\+1202[2-9]\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (202) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.

202

Area code 202

The District of Columbia, United States

National (202) 555-0123, E.164 +12025550123

How the 800 central office codes (exchanges) of area code 202 were allocated, from the North American Numbering Plan's records: to which carrier, as which line type. A 202 number is mobile, fixed line or VoIP according to its exchange, the three digits after the area code; the allocation is the original one (below).

At a glance

Country code: +1
State: DC
Exchanges on record: 800
Carriers on record: 30

Exchanges of 202 by the line type they were allocated as

Mobile 262 (33%)
Fixed line 438 (55%)
VoIP 86 (11%)
No line type on record 14 (2%)
800 exchanges on record

Most exchanges: Verizon 451, T-Mobile 97, AT&T 68.

Check a number

Valid fixed line or mobile number in the United States.

country code

202

area code

5550123

subscriber number

Country	United States numbering plan
Line type	Fixed line or mobile
Carrier the block was allocated to	No carrier on record for this prefix
E.164	+12025550123
International	+1 202-555-0123
National	(202) 555-0123
RFC 3966	tel:+1-202-555-0123

Source: North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA); Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC); National numbering plan: United States (ITU)

The example is 202-555-0123: 555-0100 to 555-0199 are set aside for fictional use in every area code.

The exchange map

Every exchange of 202, by the line type it was allocated as

One cell per exchange: blocks 202 2xx to 202 9xx; in each block the row is the tens digit, the column the units digit.

Mobile 262
Fixed line 438
VoIP 86
No line type on record 14

Formats and patterns

E.164	+12025550123
International	+1 202-555-0123
National	(202) 555-0123
RFC 3966 (tel: URI)	tel:+1-202-555-0123

Any 202 number, in E.164

^\+1202[2-9]\d{6}$

+1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits.

Mobile exchanges (262 on record)

^\+1202(?:2(?:0[0269]|1[03-5]|27|3[069]|46|5[135-9]|62|7[0167]|8[0568]|9[047])|3(?:0[024689]|1[67]|2[0-29]|4[0145]|5[29]|6[157-9]|[78]4|9[014])|4(?:0[0579]|1[2357]|2[1-357]|3[017-9]|4[015]|50|6[058]|8[0679]|9[1247-9])|5(?:0[05-7]|[18]0|2[0578]|3[14]|4[29]|5[036]|6[089]|7[01389]|9[0-267])|6(?:0[2-57]|1[57]|20|31|4[0-2]|5[0278]|6[089]|7[479]|9[5-79])|7(?:0[2-69]|1[0346-8]|25|3[1358]|4[04689]|5[148]|6[03589]|7[349]|9[0348])|8(?:0[1-359]|1[24-79]|2[0356]|3[014679]|4[01589]|5[39]|6[78]|7[058]|8[013]|9[0-36])|9(?:0[3-57]|1[0347]|2[4589]|3[146-8]|4[016-8]|5[17]|61|77|8[015]|9[3579]))\d{4}$

Fixed line exchanges (438 on record)

^\+1202(?:2(?:0[13-578]|1[2689]|2[02-689]|3[1-478]|4[02-57-9]|5[024]|6[013-9]|7[2-589]|8[1-479]|9[1-35689])|3(?:0[357]|1[02-59]|2[3-8]|3[0-46-9]|4[236-9]|5[013-8]|6[02-46]|7[0-35-9]|8[0235-9]|9[235-9])|4(?:0[1-468]|1[4689]|2[04689]|3[2-6]|4[2-46-9]|5[1-46-9]|6[1-4679]|7[0-35-9]|8[1-58]|9[356])|5(?:0[12489]|1[2-9]|2[1-469]|3[0235-8]|4[13-8]|5[1247-9]|6[1-7]|7[24-7]|8[1-9]|9[3-58])|6(?:0[168]|1[02-469]|2[1-9]|3[2-9]|4[4-9]|5[13-59]|6[1-7]|7[1-3568]|8[02-9]|9[0-48])|7(?:0[178]|1[259]|2[0-46-9]|3[024679]|4[1257]|5[235-79]|6[12467]|7[25-8]|8[0-79]|9[1279])|8(?:06|1[38]|2[1247-9]|3[235]|4[2467]|5[0-24-7]|6[1-35]|7[24679]|8[24579]|9[458])|9(?:0[69]|1[26]|2[1367]|39|4[2-5]|5[4-6]|6[02569]|7[34]|86|94))\d{4}$

VoIP exchanges (86 on record)

^\+1202(?:2(?:17|[24]1|35)|3(?:[08]1|18|35)|4(?:[19]0|55|74)|5(?:03|[39]9|40)|6(?:0[09]|18|[37]0|43|56|81)|7(?:43|50|7[01]|88|9[56])|8(?:0[0478]|10|[35]8|43|6[0469]|7[13]|8[68]|9[79])|9(?:0[0-28]|1[589]|2[02]|3[0235]|49|5[23]|6[3478]|7[0-2589]|8[2-47-9]|9[0-268]))\d{4}$

The exchange patterns follow the original allocations; a number ported since keeps its digits but not necessarily its carrier or its line type.

Carriers and their exchanges

Every carrier holding exchanges in 202, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

Carrier	Exchanges	Mobile	Fixed line	VoIP	Exchanges held
Verizon	451	88	363	0	201, 203–205, 207–208, 212, 216, 218–220, 222–226, 228–229, 231–234, 236–238, 240, 243–245, 252–254, 260–261, 263–265, 267–269, 272–275, 278–284, 287, 289, 291–293, 295–296, 298–299, 302–303, 305–310, 312–315, 317, 319, 323–334, 336–339, 342–343, 346–348, 351, 353–358, 362–366, 371, 373, 376–377, 379–380, 382–385, 387–389, 392–393, 395–399, 400–404, 406–408, 414, 416, 418–419, 424, 426, 428–430, 432–436, 440–442, 446–447, 450–453, 456–459, 462–464, 466–467, 469–473, 475–485, 488, 493–494, 496, 501–502, 504–505, 507–508, 510, 512–516, 518, 522–523, 525–527, 529–530, 532–533, 535, 537–538, 541, 543–548, 554, 557, 561–566, 568, 570, 573–586, 588–591, 593–594, 596–598, 603–604, 606, 608, 610, 612–613, 616–617, 619, 622–628, 631–639, 641–642, 645–648, 650–651, 653–654, 657, 659–663, 665, 667, 669, 671–673, 675–676, 678, 680, 682, 685–687, 689–695, 697–699, 701, 707–708, 712–713, 715, 719–732, 734, 736–741, 744–745, 748, 752–755, 757, 760–764, 767–768, 774–776, 778–779, 781–787, 789, 794, 797, 799, 802, 805–806, 809, 814–816, 818, 821–824, 827–829, 832–836, 839, 841–842, 849, 853, 857, 861–863, 865, 868, 870, 872, 874–876, 878–879, 881–882, 884–885, 887, 889, 893, 895, 898, 906, 912–913, 921, 923–924, 927, 934, 939, 941–945, 951, 954–956, 961–962, 965–966, 969, 973–974, 986, 997, 999
T-Mobile	97	97	0	0	200, 209–210, 239, 246, 270–271, 276–277, 290, 294, 300, 321, 345, 352, 359, 361, 367, 369, 390–391, 409, 413, 415, 417, 421–423, 425, 427, 437–439, 460, 465, 468, 486–487, 489, 491–492, 497–499, 500, 520, 528, 534, 553, 556, 560, 569, 571, 602, 607, 640, 652, 658, 677, 696, 735, 749, 751, 758, 790, 793, 798, 817, 819, 830, 840, 845, 848, 867, 880, 883, 891–892, 903–905, 907, 910, 914, 925, 929, 931, 936–938, 940, 946, 948, 977, 981, 985, 993
AT&T	68	53	15	0	213, 215, 227, 230, 251, 255–258, 262, 285–286, 288, 297, 304, 316, 320, 322, 340–341, 344, 350, 368, 374, 378, 394, 412, 420, 431, 445, 506, 531, 549–551, 572, 615, 644, 649, 674, 679, 702, 704–706, 709–710, 714, 716–718, 733, 746, 756, 765, 769, 772, 777, 791, 803, 812–813, 820, 826, 850, 909, 916, 957
Onvoy	34	0	0	34	217, 221, 301, 335, 410, 474, 490, 503, 600, 609, 771, 795, 804, 807, 838, 858, 860, 873, 897, 899, 900, 915, 919, 932, 952–953, 970, 972, 978–979, 988, 990, 992, 998
Lumen	31	0	30	1	242, 360, 370, 372, 375, 449, 495, 509, 517, 519, 521, 558–559, 595, 601, 614, 629, 655, 664, 683–684, 688, 742, 747, 759, 780, 854, 856, 894, 960, 971
Bandwidth.com	29	0	0	29	235, 381, 455, 539–540, 599, 618, 630, 643, 656, 670, 681, 743, 750, 770, 796, 810, 843, 869, 886, 922, 930, 935, 963–964, 984, 987, 991, 996
Paetec Itel	19	0	19	0	247, 266, 349, 386, 443–444, 448, 454, 461, 524, 536, 552, 567, 587, 621, 844, 847, 877, 994
USA Mobility	14	14	0	0	206, 214, 259, 405, 592, 605, 801, 825, 837, 859, 896, 917, 928, 947
Astound Broadband	4	0	4	0	248–250, 766
Brightlink Communications	4	3	0	1	773, 831, 967, 980
Emergency Networks	4	4	0	0	202, 703, 890, 995
Peerless Network	4	0	0	4	318, 800, 864, 888
HD Carrier	3	0	0	3	920, 949, 968
TELNYX	3	0	0	3	871, 983, 989
Vonage	3	0	0	3	866, 933, 975
Airus Inc	2	0	2	0	852, 926
American Messaging	2	2	0	0	542, 668
Wide Voice	2	0	2	0	666, 851
8x8	1	0	0	1	901
Airespring	1	0	0	1	908
Atlantech Online Inc	1	0	1	0	792
Barr Tell USA	1	0	1	0	855
Comcast	1	0	0	1	808
Exiant	1	0	0	1	788
IP Horizon	1	0	0	1	982
Redi-Call Communications	1	1	0	0	620
Voice Application Network	1	0	0	1	902
Voip Street	1	0	0	1	918
West Telecom	1	0	1	0	846
YMax Communications	1	0	0	1	241

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 202?: Area code 202 is in the District of Columbia, in the United States: all 800 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 202, then the seven-digit number.
Is a 202 number mobile or landline?: Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 800 exchanges on record in 202, 262 (33%) were allocated as mobile, 438 (55%) as fixed line, 86 (11%) as VoIP and 14 (2%) have no line type on record. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type.
Which carriers have numbers in area code 202?: 30 carriers hold exchanges in 202 on record; the most: Verizon (451), T-Mobile (97) and AT&T (68). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell.
How do I validate a 202 phone number?: In E.164 a 202 number matches ^\+1202[2-9]\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (202) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.