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Area code 760

Area code 760 serves California, including Palm Springs, Vista and Escondido (Pacific time). It has been in service since March 22, 1997 and shares its area with 442.

Numbers starting with 760 drew 2,592 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 776 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 760 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
CaliforniaBakersfield-Delano, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
March 22, 1997Created from 619
Overlay
Same area as 442
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
785 of 792held by 49 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2046NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 760 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 760. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,592

FCC complaints since November 2023

776

Different 760 numbers reported

3,100

FCC complaints naming a 760 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202321
December 202321
January 202414
February 202425
March 202419
April 202419
May 202420
June 20246
July 202430
August 202425
September 202433
October 202430
November 202418
December 20249
January 202510
February 202513
March 202522
April 202514
May 202521
June 202520
July 202518
August 202559
September 202519
October 20251
November 20256
December 202517
January 202618
February 202616
March 202616
April 202620
May 202616
June 202626
July 202631
August 202635
September 202630
October 202642

What people said 760 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,871 of 2,592 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,008
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)834
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends211
Dropped call or no message187
Home improvement and cleaning45
Medical and prescriptions30

Most reported 760 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 760

NANPA lists 85 rate centers for 760. 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.
  • Palm Springs66
  • Vista59
  • Escondido57
  • Victorville53
  • Oceanside: Oceanside DA48
  • El Centro37
  • Oceanside: Carlsbad DA33
  • Encinitas32
  • Indio32
  • Palm Desert29
  • San Marcos25
  • Victorville/Hesperia17
  • Barstow16
  • Ridgecrest16
  • Oceanside: Pendleton DA14
  • Ramona13
  • Brawley12
  • Fallbrook12
  • Twentynine Palms10
  • Victorville/Apple Valley10
  • Bishop8
  • Desert Hot Springs8
  • Julian7
  • Mammoth Lakes7
Show all 85 rate centers

Fort Irwin, Valley Center, Victorville/Adelanto, Yucca Valley, Blythe, Calipatria, Imperial, Lake Isabella, Boron, Borrego, Calexico, California City, El Mirage, Holtville, Lone Pine, Wrightwood, Baker, Bridgeport, Death Valley, Desert Center, Earp: Earp DA, Joshua Tree, Kernville, Newberry, Pauma Valley, Randsburg, Salton, Warner Springs, Weldon, Wrightwood/Phelan, Barstow Yermo DA, Big Pine, Eagle Mountain, Independence, June Lake, Lee Vining, Lenwood, Lucerne Valley, Needles, Olancha, Palo Verde, Parker Dam, Pine Creek, Shoshone, Trona, Benton, California Village, Cima, Crowley Lake, Earp: Lost Lake DA, Havasu Lake, Homestead Valley, Inyokern, Morongo Valley, Mountain Pass, Ocotillo, Pinyon, San Diego: San Diego DA, Sandy Valley, Summit Valley, Winterhaven.

Phone companies holding 760 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 70% 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 49 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier California Inc.140
Pacific Bell129
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC70
Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA61
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CA60
T-Mobile USA, Inc.59
Onvoy, LLC - CA41
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - CA27

When today's 760 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200147
200225
20038
20041
20057
200613
200720
20087
200910
20109
201112
20127
20138
20144
20222
20237
20241

Check a 760 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 California

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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