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Area code 609

Area code 609 serves New Jersey, including Atlantic City, Trenton and Princeton (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 1, 1957 and shares its area with 640.

Numbers starting with 609 drew 3,108 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 996 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 609 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New Jersey(philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area) and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 1, 1957Created from 201
Overlay
Same area as 640
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
780 of 792held by 41 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2051NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 609 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 609. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

3,108

FCC complaints since November 2023

996

Different 609 numbers reported

3,726

FCC complaints naming a 609 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202332
December 202318
January 202424
February 202431
March 202420
April 202427
May 202427
June 202430
July 202428
August 202433
September 202423
October 202445
November 202421
December 202421
January 202518
February 202521
March 202525
April 202531
May 202546
June 202552
July 202520
August 202522
September 202513
October 20251
November 202514
December 202522
January 202618
February 202620
March 202620
April 202653
May 202648
June 202624
July 202651
August 202624
September 202623
October 202628

What people said 609 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 2,277 of 3,108 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,278
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)857
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends305
Dropped call or no message205
Medical and prescriptions110
Energy, solar, and utilities66

Most reported 609 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 609

NANPA lists 50 rate centers for 609. 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.
  • Atlantic City82
  • Trenton76
  • Princeton56
  • Pleasantville52
  • Allentown29
  • Mount Holly29
  • Haddonfield26
  • Lawrenceville26
  • Wildwood24
  • Barnegat23
  • Ewing21
  • Burlington20
  • Mercerville20
  • Bordentown17
  • Cranbury17
  • Fort Dix16
  • Haddon Heights16
  • Hightstown15
  • Plainsboro15
  • Beach Haven14
  • Hopewell (mercer)13
  • Ocean City13
  • Pennington12
  • Medford10
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Pemberton, Somers Point, Cape May Court House, Hammonton, Lambertville, Vincentown, New Egypt, Brigantine, Camden, Dennisville, Florence (burlington), Mays Landing, Moorestown, Tuckerton, Avalon, Bridgeton, Egg Harbor, Sea Isle City, Milmay, Woodbury, Collingswood, Millville, Salem, Tuckahoe, Mullica Hill, Vineland.

Phone companies holding 609 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 68% 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 41 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.214
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC90
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NJ80
Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, LP60
Paetec Itel, LLC60
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ48
Onvoy, LLC - NJ35
Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ28

When today's 609 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200151
200221
20044
20054
20063
20075
200811
200911
20106
201113
20126
20138
20147
20159
201612
20179
20183
20195
202016
20217
20222
202311
202428
20251
20261

Check a 609 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 New Jersey

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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