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Area code 605

Area code 605 serves South Dakota, including Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Aberdeen (Central and Mountain time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947.

Numbers starting with 605 drew 654 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 392 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 605 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
South Dakota
Time zone
Central and Mountain
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
745 of 792held by 92 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2034NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 605 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 605. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

654

FCC complaints since November 2023

392

Different 605 numbers reported

968

FCC complaints naming a 605 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20237
December 202310
January 202410
February 20245
March 202415
April 202421
May 202414
June 202422
July 202413
August 202412
September 202414
October 202411
November 202411
December 20245
January 202513
February 20258
March 202511
April 202510
May 202511
June 202510
July 20259
August 20257
September 20257
October 20250
November 20257
December 20259
January 202611
February 202610
March 202610
April 20264
May 202611
June 202617
July 202613
August 202610
September 20269
October 202617

What people said 605 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 438 of 654 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other231
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)169
Dropped call or no message77
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends74
Warranties and protection plans21
Medical and prescriptions17

Most reported 605 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 605

NANPA lists 269 rate centers for 605. 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.
  • Sioux Falls92
  • Rapid City50
  • Aberdeen22
  • Spearfish20
  • Watertown17
  • Huron15
  • Pierre15
  • Yankton14
  • Mitchell13
  • Brookings11
  • Harrisburg Tea11
  • North Sioux City10
  • Vermillion10
  • Flandreau9
  • Sturgis9
  • Madison8
  • Martin8
  • Milbank8
  • Redfield8
  • Belle Fourche7
  • Canton5
  • Chamberlain5
  • Lake Preston5
  • Miller5
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Mobridge, Sisseton, Arlington, Beresford, Big Stone City, Dupree, Elk Point, Fort Thompson, Highmore, Hill City, Lake Andes, Platte, Salem, Webster, Winner, Bowdle, Brandon, Britton, Castlewood, Clark, Custer, De Smet, Gettysburg, Glenham, Gregory, Hot Springs, Howard, Iroquois, Kimball, Lennox, Mcintosh, Mission, North Valentine, Onida, Pine Ridge, Volga, Armour, Baltic, Brookings Rural, Bryant Willow Lake, Cavour, Centerville, Colton, Crooks, Dell Rapids, Eagle Butte, Elkton, Estelline, Faith, Hartford, Hayti, Ipswich, Kadoka, Kyle, Lake Norden, Murdo, New Underwood, Parkston, Roscoe, Roslyn, Selby, Tyndall, Viborg, Wakonda, Wall, Waubay, West Jasper, White, Wolsey, Worthing, Academy, Alcester, Alexandria, Alpena, Alsen, Andover, Ardmore, Artesian, Astoria, Avon, Belvidere, Bison, Blunt, Bonesteel, Bradley, Brandt, Bridgewater, Bristol, Buffalo, Buffalo Gap, Burke, Camp Crook, Canistota, Canova, Center, Chester, Claire City, Claremont, Clayton, Clear Lake, Clearfield, Columbia, Conde, Corsica, Creighton, Cresbard, Delmont, Doland, East Newcastle, Edgemont, Emery, Enning, Ethan, Eureka, Faulkton, Ferney, Florence, Flyger, Forestburg, Frederick, Freeman, Gann Valley, Garretson, Gary, Goodwin, Groton, Harrold, Hayes, Hecla, Hermosa, Herreid, Hitchcock, Hosmer, Houghton, Hoven, Hudson, Humboldt, Hurley, Interior, Irene, Isabel, Jefferson, Kennebec, Keystone, La Plant, Langford, Lebanon, Lemmon, Leola, Lesterville, Letcher, Long Lake, Long Valley, Marion, Maurine, Mclaughlin, Meadow, Mellette, Menno, Midland, Milesville, Mound City, Mount Vernon, New Effington, New Holland, Newell, Nisland, North Bristow, North Cody, North Crookston, North Gordon, North Kilgore, North Larchwood, North Naper, Nunda, Oelrichs, Oldham Ramona, Onaka, Oral, Orient, Parker, Peever, Philip, Pierpont, Plankinton, Pollock, Presho, Pukwana, Quinn, Ree Heights, Reliance, Revillo, Rosebud, Rosholt, Scotland, Seneca, Sinai, Sorum, South Ashley, South Ellendale, South Forbes, South Forman, South Guelph, South Hettinger, South Ladd, South Lidgerwood, South Nelvik, South Reeder, South Scranton, South Shore, South Venturia, Spencer, Springfield, Stickney, Stockholm, Summit, Tabor, Timber Lake, Tolstoy, Toronto, Tripp, Tulare, Turton, Valley Springs, Veblen, Vivian, Wagner, Wall Lake, Wasta, Wentworth, Wessington, Wessington Springs, West Akron, West Browns Valley, West Hawarden, West Hendricks, West Marietta, White Lake, White River, Wicksville, Wilmot, Winfred, Witten, Wood, Woonsocket.

Phone companies holding 605 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 49% 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 92 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Qwest Corporation104
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - SD100
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL81
Midcontinent Communications. - SD34
Clarity Telecom, LLC dba Bluepeak32
Venture Communications Cooperative30
Golden West Tel Coop Inc dba Golden West Telecomm27
Interstate Telecom Coop, Inc. - SD27

When today's 605 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200118
20027
200325
20049
20059
200612
20079
20088
200910
201019
20117
20125
20133
20146
20152
201611
201711
20186
201917
202010
202121
202214
20236
20258
20264

Check a 605 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.

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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