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Area code 651

Area code 651 serves Minnesota, including Twin Cities, Stillwater and Red Wing (Central time). It has been in service since July 12, 1998.

Numbers starting with 651 drew 1,038 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 396 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 651 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
MinnesotaMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
July 12, 1998Created from 612
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
474 of 792held by 35 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2102NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 651 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 651. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,038

FCC complaints since November 2023

396

Different 651 numbers reported

1,231

FCC complaints naming a 651 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202318
December 20239
January 202412
February 202410
March 20247
April 20247
May 202412
June 20249
July 20248
August 20244
September 202413
October 202412
November 202413
December 20245
January 202514
February 20258
March 20254
April 202513
May 20252
June 20259
July 20258
August 202510
September 202519
October 20253
November 20257
December 20255
January 202614
February 20267
March 202615
April 20268
May 20268
June 202613
July 20269
August 202612
September 202627
October 202630

What people said 651 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 467 of 1,038 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other441
Dropped call or no message224
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)109
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends89
Home improvement and cleaning29
Warranties and protection plans24

Most reported 651 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 651

NANPA lists 13 rate centers for 651. 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.
  • Twin Cities363
  • Stillwater22
  • Red Wing21
  • Hastings17
  • North Branch11
  • Lake City9
  • Saint Croix Beach9
  • Wabasha7
  • Lindstrom5
  • Scandia Marine5
  • Taylors Falls3
  • Goodhue1
  • White Rock1

Phone companies holding 651 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 58% 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 35 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Qwest Corporation185
Aerial Communications, Inc.66
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - MN47
Onvoy, LLC - MN32
Level 3 Communications, LLC - MN19
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL14
Comcast IP Phone, LLC10
Electric Lightwave LLC dba Allstream10

When today's 651 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200117
20026
20035
20049
20051
20068
20078
20085
20094
20107
20119
20128
20138
20147
20157
20168
20171
20187
20197
202013
20215
20229
20236
20243
20253
20262

Check a 651 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 Minnesota

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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