Area code 661

At a glance

Country code

+1

State

CA

Exchanges on record

704

Carriers on record

42

Most exchanges: AT&T 243, T-Mobile 92, Verizon 59.

The exchange map

Formats and patterns

Any 661 number, in E.164

^\+1661[2-9]\d{6}$

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

^\+1661(?:2(?:0[13-589]|1[02367]|2[01679]|3[24]|4[67]|89|9[23])|3(?:0[013-578]|1[2-57-9]|[28]9|3[0-3]|4[02-6]|50|6[059]|7[35])|4(?:0[0-3569]|1[6-9]|2[17-9]|3[2-579]|4[024578]|7[0246-8]|8[3-8]|9[02467])|5(?:0[02-46-8]|1[0249]|2[13]|3[159]|4[13-579]|5[67]|6[369]|7[01367]|8[02356]|9[2-47-9])|6(?:0[34689]|1[2489]|2[1357]|4[3-58]|5[2369]|6[07]|7[0-24-6]|8[04]|9[0279])|7(?:0[1369]|1[3479]|3[0356]|4[37]|5[0459]|7[04]|8[14]|9[45])|8(?:0[0359]|1[026]|2[05]|[46]0|57|7[478]|86)|9(?:0[02-4]|1[06-8]|3[26]|6[56]|7[0289]|9[02-467]))\d{4}$

^\+1661(?:2(?:0[0267]|1[489]|2[2-5]|3[36]|4[258]|[57]\d|6[013-9]|8[0-8]|9[014-9])|3(?:0[269]|1[06]|2[0-8]|3[4-9]|4[17-9]|5[1-9]|6[1-46-8]|7[07]|8[0135-8]|9\d)|4(?:1[04]|2[034]|3[018]|46|5[03-68]|6[0159]|8[02]|93)|5(?:0[15]|13|[26][458]|3[36-8]|4[08]|7[2458]|8[147-9]|9[0156])|6(?:0[057]|1[05-7]|2[02]|3[0-8]|4[29]|5[48]|6[3-58]|7[89]|8[279]|9[145])|7(?:0[245]|1[68]|2\d|31|4[569]|5[238]|6[2-689]|7[125-9]|89|9[1279])|8(?:0[28]|17|2[1-479]|3[1-79]|4[2579]|5[124589]|6[1-57-9]|7[1-3]|89)|9(?:12|27|4\d|5[12]|64|7[47]|98))\d{4}$

^\+1661(?:2(?:15|28|3[0157-9]|4[01349]|62)|3(?:7[124689]|8[24])|4(?:0[47]|1[23]|2[256]|36|4[139]|5[1279]|6[2-46-8]|7[1359]|8[19]|9[1589])|5(?:[07]9|1[5-8]|2[02679]|3[24]|4[26]|5[0-48]|6[017])|6(?:0[12]|13|2[49]|39|4[0167]|5[15]|6[269]|7[37]|8[1368]|9[36])|7(?:3[28]|4[1248]|51|6[01]|[79]3|8[068])|8(?:4[346]|50|66|8[04578]|99)|9(?:2[28]|3[34]|55|9[159]))\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 661, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 661?

Area code 661 is in California, in the United States: all 704 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 661, then the seven-digit number.

Is a 661 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 704 exchanges on record in 661, 239 (34%) were allocated as mobile, 303 (43%) as fixed line, 133 (19%) as VoIP and 29 (4%) 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 661?

42 carriers hold exchanges in 661 on record; the most: AT&T (243), T-Mobile (92) and Verizon (59). 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 661 phone number?

In E.164 a 661 number matches ^\+1661[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 (661) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.