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What is the 978 area code?

State Massachusetts
Time Zone Eastern Time

The 978 area code is located in Massachusetts near SOMERVILLE-PEABODY. According to Intelius data, this area code covers roughly 1,586,044 phone numbers, including 965,305 mobile numbers and 620,739 landline numbers.

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Top geographic areas within (978) area code

  1. Somerville Peabody
    NXX Prefix (978) 200-XXXX
    Wire Center (WC) Somerville Peabody
    Zone Lowell
    Primary Carrier/Company Verizon Wireless
    Operating Company Numbers (OCN) 490J 598J 990E 6387 892D 4036
    Line Types (LTYPE) Wireless, PCS, Cellular Landline VoIP
    Country US
    State MA
    County Middlesex
    Area Code Population 1,617,105
    Land Area 817.84 square miles
    FIPS Code 25017
    Time Zone Eastern Time
    ZIP Codes 01824, 01826, 01850, 01851
  2. Worcester Chestnut St
    NXX Prefix (978) 248-XXXX
    Wire Center (WC) Worcester Chestnut St
    Zone Athol
    Primary Carrier/Company Windstream
    Operating Company Numbers (OCN) 4018 9102 318J 8345 892D 990E 3370
    Line Types (LTYPE) VoIP Landline
    Country US
    State MA
    County Worcester
    Area Code Population 862,927
    Land Area 1510.65 square miles
    FIPS Code 25027
    Time Zone Eastern Time
    ZIP Codes 01331, 01368, 01364
  3. Cambridge
    NXX Prefix (978) 204-XXXX
    Wire Center (WC) Cambridge
    Zone Lawrence
    Primary Carrier/Company AT&T
    Operating Company Numbers (OCN) 4036
    Line Types (LTYPE) Wireless, PCS, Cellular
    Country US
    State MA
    County Essex
    Area Code Population 806,765
    Land Area 492.474 square miles
    FIPS Code 25009
    Time Zone Eastern Time
    ZIP Codes 01810, 01840, 01841, 01842

978 Stats

Number of Prefixes
773
Number of Cellphones
965,305
Number of Land Lines
620,739

Area Code (978) Prefixes

Prefix
COUNTY
City
CARRIER
TYPE
County Middlesex
City Somerville Peabody
Carrier Verizon Wireless
Type Wireless, PCS, Cellular
County Middlesex
City Norton
Carrier T-Mobile
Type Wireless, PCS, Cellular
County Middlesex
City Norton
Carrier YMax Communications
Type Landline
County Middlesex
City Newton Washington St
Carrier Windstream
Type VoIP
County Essex
City Cambridge
Carrier AT&T
Type Wireless, PCS, Cellular
County Middlesex
City Boston Norwood
Carrier Onvoy
Type Landline
County Middlesex
City Norton
Carrier Verizon Business
Type VoIP
County Middlesex
City Newton Washington St
Carrier Onvoy
Type Landline
County Essex
City Norton
Carrier TPX Communications
Type VoIP
County Middlesex
City Boston Norwood
Carrier Onvoy
Type VoIP