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Area code 361

Area code 361 serves Texas, including Corpus Christi, Victoria and Alice (Central time). It has been in service since February 13, 1999.

Numbers starting with 361 drew 1,336 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 421 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 361 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
TexasMcallen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
February 13, 1999Created from 512
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
538 of 792held by 53 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2051NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 361 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 361. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,336

FCC complaints since November 2023

421

Different 361 numbers reported

1,612

FCC complaints naming a 361 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202321
December 202310
January 20248
February 202411
March 202411
April 20244
May 202414
June 20247
July 202412
August 202411
September 202410
October 202437
November 20247
December 202411
January 20257
February 202510
March 20252
April 202514
May 20255
June 20253
July 202512
August 202516
September 202513
October 20250
November 20256
December 202512
January 202612
February 20269
March 20267
April 202610
May 20265
June 20269
July 202612
August 202625
September 202610
October 202642

What people said 361 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 791 of 1,336 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other420
Dropped call or no message336
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)237
Medical and prescriptions141
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends95
Warranties and protection plans23

Most reported 361 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 361

NANPA lists 71 rate centers for 361. 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.
  • Corpus Christi169
  • Victoria40
  • Alice24
  • Kingsville18
  • Beeville14
  • Port Lavaca11
  • Rockport11
  • Portland Gregory10
  • Robstown10
  • Cuero9
  • Flour Bluff9
  • Ingleside8
  • Mathis8
  • Yoakum8
  • Aransas Pass7
  • Calallen7
  • Hallettsville7
  • Sinton7
  • Edna6
  • Falfurrias6
  • George West6
  • Goliad5
  • Hebbronville5
  • Orange Grove5
Show all 71 rate centers

Refugio, Shiner, Taft, Three Rivers, Woodsboro, Yorktown, Bayside, Benavides, Bishop, Flatonia, Port Aransas, San Diego, Agua Dulce, Clarkwood, Freer, Moulton, Nordheim, Odem, Padre Island, Palacios, Pettus, Premont, Skidmore, Armstrong, Berclair, Blessing, Bloomington, Bruni, Charco, Concepcion, Encino, Ganado, La Ward, Lolita, Mirando City, Pawnee, Point Comfort, Port O'connor, Riviera, Seadrift, Annarose, Loyola Beach, Port Alto, Sarita, Tilden, Tivoli, Vanderbilt.

Phone companies holding 361 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 73% 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 53 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell110
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL81
Onvoy, LLC - TX54
Stpcs Joint Venture, LLC50
Frontier Southwest Inc dba Frontier Comm of Texas29
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX21
Metropcs, Inc.18
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TX14

When today's 361 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200135
200214
200313
20046
20055
200620
20074
20089
20096
20106
20116
20123
20132
20143
20155
20169
20174
20186
201910
20208
202121
202212
20239
20248
202514
20265

Check a 361 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 Texas

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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