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Phone Lookup For Area Code 281

What is the 281 area code?

State Texas
Time Zone Central Time

The 281 area code is located in the state of Texas, and according to Intelius data, covers roughly 3,201,844 phone numbers. Houston is the largest city within this area code with a population of about 4,780,913.

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Top cities in the (281) area code

  1. Houston
    County Harris
    Population 4,780,913
  2. Houston Mohawk
    County Fort Bend
    Population 889,146
  3. Pinehurst
    County Montgomery
    Population 678,490
  4. Alvin
    County Brazoria
    Population 388,181

281 Stats

Number of Prefixes
786
Number of Cellphones
1,683,858
Number of Land Lines
1,517,986

Area Code (281) Prefixes

Prefix
COUNTY
City
CARRIER
TYPE
County Fort Bend
City Rosenberg Richmond
Carrier AT&T
Type Landline
County Fort Bend
City Smithers Lake
Carrier Westel
Type Landline
County Fort Bend
City Rosenberg Richmond
Carrier Bandwidth.com
Type VoIP
County Harris
City Houston Langham Creek
Carrier AT&T
Type Landline
County Fort Bend
City Valley Lodge
Carrier Westel
Type Landline
County Fort Bend
City Katy Williamsburg
Carrier Consolidated Communications
Type Landline
County Harris
City Kingwood
Carrier CenturyLink
Type Landline
County Harris
City Sugar Land
Carrier USA Mobility
Type Paging
County Harris
City Spring South
Carrier AT&T
Type Landline
County Harris
City Tomball
Carrier AT&T
Type Landline