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title: "Area code 760: California, United States"
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summary: "Area code 760 serves California, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in California."
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# Area code 760: California, United States

Area code 760 serves California, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in California.

NANPA lists 785 central office codes (prefixes) in use in area code 760, held by 47 holders across 85 rate centers.
Frontier California holds the most prefixes, 140 (18%). 70% of the prefixes are pooled, which means their thousands-blocks can belong to different companies.
The FCC unwanted-call data has 3,711 complaints on file for 2,880 numbers in 760, most often filed as "Unwanted Calls". These are consumer reports, not findings.

## Facts

- In service since: 1997-03-22
- Time zone: Pacific (P)
- Assigned overlays: 442 (2009-11-21)
- Prefixes in use: 785
- Pooled prefixes: 548 (70%)
- Rate centers: 85
- Companies holding prefixes: 47
- Assignment dates on file: 2001-01-25 to 2024-01-04 (188 prefixes)
- ZIP codes in its places: 70

## Rate centers

| Rate center | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PALM SPG | 66 | 8% |
| VISTA | 59 | 8% |
| ESCONDIDO | 57 | 7% |
| VICTORVL | 53 | 7% |
| OCSD OCSD | 48 | 6% |
| EL CENTRO | 37 | 5% |
| OCSD CRLS | 33 | 4% |
| ENCINITAS | 32 | 4% |
| 77 other rate centers | 400 | 51% |

## Carriers

| Holder | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frontier California | 140 | 18% |
| Pacific Bell | 129 | 16% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS | 70 | 9% |
| Level 3 Communications | 61 | 8% |
| Verizon Wireless | 60 | 8% |
| T-Mobile USA | 59 | 8% |
| 41 other carriers | 266 | 34% |

A prefix holder is the company a code was assigned to, not necessarily a number's current carrier, because numbers can be ported to another company.

## History

- 1982-01-01: Area code 619, named as the parent of 760 in the NANPA report, was in service.
- 1997-03-22: Area code 760 went into service.
- 2009-11-21: Area code 442 went into service as an overlay in the same area as 760.

## Nearest area codes

The area codes closest to 760, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 909 (about 45 miles), 951 (about 45 miles), 840 (about 49 miles), 657 (about 69 miles) and 714 (about 69 miles).

## ZIP codes

70 ZIP codes fall in places that have a rate center in this area code. The places with the most are Escondido, CA (7 ZIP codes), Palm Desert, CA (4 ZIP codes) and San Marcos, CA (4 ZIP codes). A ZIP code and an area code are unrelated systems, so a ZIP code can sit in more than one area code and an area code spans many ZIP codes.

## Complaints on file

3,711 complaints for 2,880 numbers. Numbers whose latest complaint falls in each year:

- 2023: 143
- 2024: 160
- 2025: 114

## Questions

### Where is area code 760?

NANPA assigns area code 760 to California, United States.

### In which state does area code 760 sit?

California. 760 is one of 41 area codes the NANPA table assigns to the state.

### Which places does area code 760 cover?

The places with the most ZIP codes among the rate centers in 760 are Escondido, CA, Palm Desert, CA and San Marcos, CA. The rate center list on this page shows all of them.

### Who owns area code 760?

NANPA assigns area codes. Within 760, Frontier California holds the most prefixes, 140 prefixes or 18%.

### Which time zone does 760 use?

The NANPA NPA report lists the time zone for 760 as Pacific (P).

### What year did 760 enter service?

The NANPA NPA report gives an in-service date of 1997-03-22, so 760 has been in use since 1997.

### Does area code 760 have an overlay?

Yes. 442 (in service 2009-11-21) shares the same area with 760, so numbers from all of them are local to each other.

### Which area codes are nearest to 760?

The area codes closest to 760, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 909 (about 45 miles), 951 (about 45 miles), 840 (about 49 miles), 657 (about 69 miles) and 714 (about 69 miles).

### How many prefixes does area code 760 have?

NANPA's report dated 2026-10-17 lists 785 prefixes in service in 760, spread over 85 rate centers and 47 holders.

### Are there complaints about 760 numbers?

The FCC data on file has 3,711 complaints for 2,880 numbers in 760. They are unverified consumer reports. A number with no complaints on file is not proven safe.

Sources: NANPA central office code report dated 2026-10-17; NANPA NPA report dated 2026-10-18; FCC unwanted-call complaints, data fetched 2026-10-17; ZIP code places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).