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title: "Area code 769: Mississippi, United States"
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summary: "Area code 769 serves Mississippi, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Mississippi."
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# Area code 769: Mississippi, United States

Area code 769 serves Mississippi, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Mississippi.

NANPA lists 250 central office codes (prefixes) in use in area code 769, held by 33 holders across 84 rate centers.
New Cingular Wireless PCS holds the most prefixes, 67 (27%). 99% of the prefixes are pooled, which means their thousands-blocks can belong to different companies.
The FCC unwanted-call data has 423 complaints on file for 327 numbers in 769, most often filed as "Unwanted Calls". These are consumer reports, not findings.

## Facts

- In service since: 2005-03-14
- Time zone: Central (C)
- Assigned overlays: 601 (1947-01-01)
- Prefixes in use: 250
- Pooled prefixes: 248 (99%)
- Rate centers: 84
- Companies holding prefixes: 33
- Assignment dates on file: 2006-06-27 to 2026-02-20 (244 prefixes)
- ZIP codes in its places: 113

## Rate centers

| Rate center | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| JACKSON | 55 | 22% |
| MERIDIAN | 18 | 7% |
| NATCHEZ | 17 | 7% |
| VICKSBURG | 15 | 6% |
| BRANDON | 6 | 2% |
| HATTIESBG | 6 | 2% |
| MADISON | 6 | 2% |
| PICAYUNE | 6 | 2% |
| 76 other rate centers | 121 | 48% |

## Carriers

| Holder | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS | 67 | 27% |
| Onvoy | 35 | 14% |
| Ton80 Communications | 21 | 8% |
| Fractel | 19 | 8% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC | 15 | 6% |
| Powertel Memphis Licenses | 12 | 5% |
| 27 other carriers | 81 | 32% |

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

- 1947-01-01: Area code 601, named as the parent of 769 in the NANPA report, was in service.
- 2005-03-14: Area code 769 went into service.

## Nearest area codes

The area codes closest to 769, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 225 (about 124 miles), 228 (about 124 miles), 662 (about 131 miles), 985 (about 131 miles) and 251 (about 137 miles).

## ZIP codes

113 ZIP codes fall in places that have a rate center in this area code. The places with the most are Jackson, MS (27 ZIP codes), Meridian, MS (7 ZIP codes) and Laurel, MS (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

423 complaints for 327 numbers. Numbers whose latest complaint falls in each year:

- 2023: 23
- 2024: 42
- 2025: 22

## Questions

### Where is area code 769?

NANPA assigns area code 769 to Mississippi, United States.

### In which state does area code 769 sit?

Mississippi. 769 is one of 5 area codes the NANPA table assigns to the state.

### Which places does area code 769 cover?

The places with the most ZIP codes among the rate centers in 769 are Jackson, MS, Meridian, MS and Laurel, MS. The rate center list on this page shows all of them.

### Who owns area code 769?

NANPA assigns area codes. Within 769, New Cingular Wireless PCS holds the most prefixes, 67 prefixes or 27%.

### Which time zone does 769 use?

The NANPA NPA report lists the time zone for 769 as Central (C).

### What year did 769 enter service?

The NANPA NPA report gives an in-service date of 2005-03-14, so 769 has been in use since 2005.

### Does area code 769 have an overlay?

Yes. 601 (in service 1947-01-01) shares the same area with 769, so numbers from all of them are local to each other.

### Which area codes are nearest to 769?

The area codes closest to 769, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 225 (about 124 miles), 228 (about 124 miles), 662 (about 131 miles), 985 (about 131 miles) and 251 (about 137 miles).

### How many prefixes does area code 769 have?

NANPA's report dated 2026-10-17 lists 250 prefixes in service in 769, spread over 84 rate centers and 33 holders.

### Are there complaints about 769 numbers?

The FCC data on file has 423 complaints for 327 numbers in 769. 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).