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Area code 219

Area code 219 serves Indiana, including Gary, Merrillville and Valparaiso (Eastern and Central time). It has been in service since January 1, 1948.

Numbers starting with 219 drew 1,271 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 495 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 219 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Indiana(gary, IN Pmsa) and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern and Central
In service since
January 1, 1948
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
496 of 792held by 37 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2049NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 219 numbers

Reports where the number on the consumer's caller ID (or, for the FCC, the number the caller asked them to call back) starts with 219. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

FTC reports, Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026

1,271

FCC complaints since November 2023

495

Different 219 numbers reported

1,619

FCC complaints naming a 219 number, by month

November 2023 to October 2026. Source: FCC Consumer Complaints Data.

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MonthComplaints
November 202315
December 202317
January 202413
February 20243
March 20245
April 202411
May 202414
June 20247
July 202417
August 202426
September 202427
October 202429
November 202431
December 202425
January 202526
February 202519
March 20254
April 202513
May 20257
June 20258
July 202511
August 20259
September 20258
October 20250
November 20251
December 20257
January 20261
February 202610
March 202613
April 202620
May 20267
June 202611
July 202610
August 202621
September 202620
October 202624

What people said 219 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 886 of 1,271 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other495
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)187
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends171
Medical and prescriptions164
Dropped call or no message116
Warranties and protection plans30

Most reported 219 numbers

Numbers with at least five reports from three or more places in the last twelve months. Many of them are likely spoofed.

Places served by 219

NANPA lists 45 rate centers for 219. A rate center is the town or district a block of numbers is tied to for billing; sorted here by how many exchanges each holds.
  • Gary75
  • Merrillville53
  • Valparaiso31
  • Crown Point29
  • Hammond27
  • Michigan City26
  • East Chicago22
  • Portage22
  • La Porte21
  • Highland17
  • Chesterton12
  • Dyer12
  • Cedar Lake11
  • Lowell9
  • Whiting9
  • Hobart8
  • Rensselaer8
  • Saint John8
  • Westville7
  • Wheeler7
  • Lake Station6
  • Morocco5
  • Remington5
  • Rolling Prairie5
Show all 45 rate centers

Wheatfield, Francesville, Lake Village, Reynolds, San Pierre, Brook, Demotte, Hanna, Hebron, Kouts, Medaryville, Wanatah, Wolcott, Goodland, Kentland, La Crosse, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Monon, Mount Ayr, Roselawn, Union Mills.

Phone companies holding 219 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 80% of these exchanges are pooled: their numbers are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to other carriers, so the holder below is not always the company serving a given number.

Exchanges held, top 8 of 37 carriers

NANPA central office code assignments, file of November 11, 2026.

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Indiana Bell Tel CO Inc92
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL52
Onvoy, LLC - IN50
T-Mobile USA, Inc.49
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - IN44
Frontier North, Inc.. - IN41
Level 3 Communications, LLC - IN23
Fractel, LLC21

When today's 219 exchanges were assigned

Exchanges still assigned, by year of assignment. Exchanges returned since are not counted.

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YearExchanges
200110
200228
20035
200412
20055
20068
20074
20087
20092
20107
20115
201211
20137
201412
201515
20162
201712
20184
20198
202020
202117
202212
202316
202421
202511
20268

Check a 219 number

A check shows the carrier and rate center of the number's exchange and every FTC and FCC report about that exact number. Why the number on screen can be fake.

Other area codes in Indiana

NANPA area code database and central office code file of November 11, 2026; FCC complaints November 1, 2023 to November 11, 2026; FTC reports August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. How the data is used.

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