Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation. It represents a geographical area of the United States under the terms of the

Modification of Final Judgment In United States telecommunication law, the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) is the August 1982 consent decree concerning the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and its subsidiaries. The terms required the Bell System divestiture &n ...

(MFJ) entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action number 82-0192 or any other geographic area designated as a LATA in the

National Exchange Carrier Association The National Exchange Carrier Association is a profit association created in 1984 by the Federal Communications Commission to administer the fees that long distance companies pay to access local telephone networks in the United States. Through the ...

, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 4. that precipitated the breakup of the original

AT&T AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile te ...

into the "

Baby Bells The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of '' United States v. AT&T'', the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company (later known as AT&T Corp.). On January 8, 19 ...

" or created since that time for wireline regulation. Generally, a LATA represents an area within which a

divested In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment. Divestiture is a ...

Regional Bell Operating Company The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of '' United States v. AT&T'', the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company (later known as AT&T Corp.). On January 8, 1 ...

(RBOC) is permitted to offer

exchange Exchange may refer to: Physics *Gas exchange is the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Places United States * Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community * ...

telecommunications and exchange access services. Under the terms of the MFJ, the RBOCs are generally prohibited from providing services that originate in one LATA and terminate in another. LATA boundaries tend to be drawn around markets, and not necessarily along existing

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

or area code borders. Some LATAs cross over state boundaries, such as those for the

New York metropolitan area The New York metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the Tri-State area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at , and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The vast metropolitan area ...

and

Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich (, ) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast, Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and other ...

;

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

;

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

; and areas between

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

, and

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...

. Area codes and LATAs do not necessarily share boundaries; many LATAs exist in multiple area codes, and many area codes exist in multiple LATAs. Originally, the LATAs were grouped into regions within which one particular RBOC was allowed to provide services. The LATAs in each of these regions are numbered beginning with the same digit. Generally, the LATAs were associated with carriers or other indications in the following manner: In addition to this list, two local carriers were made independent:

Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell, doing business as Altafiber (typeset as altafiber), is a regional telecommunications service provider based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It provides landline telephone, fiber-optic Internet, and IPTV services through ...

in the

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

area, and SNET (a former unit of AT&T, sold to Frontier) in

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

. These were assigned LATAs in the 9xx range. Since the breakup of the original AT&T in 1984, however, some amount of deregulation, as well as a number of phone company mergers, have blurred the significance of these regions. A number of new LATAs have been formed within these regions since their inception, most beginning with the digit 9. LATAs contribute to an often confusing aspect of

long-distance Long distance or Long-distance may refer to: *Long-distance calling * Long-distance operator * Long-distance relationship * Long-distance train *Long-distance anchor pylon, see dead-end tower Footpaths * Long-distance trail *European long-d ...

telephone service. Due to the various and overlapping regulatory limitations and inter-business arrangements, phone companies typically provide differing types of “long distance” service, each with potentially different rates: * within same LATA, within same state * within same LATA, between different states * between different LATAs, within same state * between different LATAs, between different states Given the complexity of the legal and financial issues involved in each distinction, many long-distance companies tend to not explain the details of these different rates, which can lead to billing questions from surprised customers. Local carriers have various alternative terms for LATAs such as “Service Area” by Pacific Bell in California, or “Regional Calling Area” by Verizon in Maryland. To facilitate the sharing of

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telephone routing databases between countries, LATAs were later defined for the provinces of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

, the other countries and territories of the

North American Numbering Plan The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...

, and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. Aside from U.S. territories, LATAs have no regulatory purpose in these areas. In 2000, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission eliminated all Canadian provincial LATAs in favor of a single LATA for Canada (888). No LATAs exist with a second digit of 0 or 1, which distinguished them from traditional area codes.

List of LATAs

US state LATAs

The city or place name given with some LATAs is the name given to identify the LATA, not the limit of its boundary. Generally this is the most significant metropolitan area in the LATA. In some cases, a LATA is named after the largest phone exchange in the LATA that was historically served by an RBOC. For example, the largest city in the Pahrump LATA in Nevada is

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

. Since Las Vegas was not historically served by an RBOC, the LATA is named after the smaller town of Pahrump, which was historically served by Nevada Bell (now AT&T Inc.). Also, listing under a state does not necessarily limit the LATA's territory to that state; there may be overlaps as well as enclaves. Areas that include notable portions of other states are explained, but not all LATA state overlaps may be detailed. LATA boundaries are not always solidly defined. Inter-carrier agreements, change proposals to the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdicti ...

(FCC), and new wiring developments into rural areas can and do often alter the effective borders between LATAs. Many sources on LATA boundary information conflict with each other at detailed levels.

data may provide the most up-to-date details of LATA inclusions.

Alabama

* 476

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

* 477

Huntsville Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...

* 478 Montgomery **Includes Georgetown, Georgia * 480

Mobile Mobile may refer to: Places * Mobile, Alabama, a U.S. port city * Mobile County, Alabama * Mobile, Arizona, a small town near Phoenix, U.S. * Mobile, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels * Mobile ( ...

**Includes areas of

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

north of

Pascagoula The Pascagoula (also Pascoboula, Pacha-Ogoula, Pascagola, Pascaboula, Paskaguna) were an indigenous group living in coastal Mississippi on the Pascagoula River. The name ''Pascagoula'' is a Mobilian Jargon term meaning "bread people". Choctaw ...

**Includes parts of northern Escambia County, Florida in the Century and Walnut Hill areas

Alaska

* 832

Arizona

* 666

Phoenix Phoenix most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore * Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States Phoenix may also refer to: Mythology Greek mythological figures * Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...

** Includes Winterhaven, California ** Includes Spirit Mountain, Nevada ** Includes Glen Canyon, Utah * 668

Tucson , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...

** Includes Rodeo and Virden, New Mexico * 980

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...

(Arizona portion) ** Includes southwestern

San Juan County, Utah San Juan County ( ) is a county in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 14,746. Its county seat is Monticello, while its most populous city is Blanding. The Utah State Legi ...

Arkansas

* 526 Fort Smith ** Includes part of Oklahoma from Pocola to Moffett ** Includes section of Oklahoma from Colcord to

Watts Watts is plural for ''watt'', the unit of power. Watts may also refer to: People *Watts (surname), list of people with the surname Watts Fictional characters *Watts, main character in the film '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' *Watts family, six chara ...

** Includes small part of Barry County,

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

** Includes area of Oklahoma near

Maysville, Arkansas Maysville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It is the westernmost settlement in the state of Arkansas. Per the 2020 census, the population was 117. It is located in the No ...

** Includes area of Oklahoma near

Uniontown, Arkansas Uniontown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on Arkansas Highway 220 near the Oklahoma border, west-northwest of Cedarville. Uniontown has a post office ...

* 528

Little Rock ( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 ...

** Includes Watson, Oklahoma * 530 Pine Bluff ** Includes Junction City,

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

California

* 722

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

* 724 Chico * 726

Sacramento ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250x200px , map_caption = Location within Sacramento ...

* 728

Fresno Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...

* 730

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ...

** Includes

La Paz County La Paz County is the 15th county in the U.S. state of Arizona, located in the western part of the state. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,557, making it the second-least populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Parker. Th ...

, Arizona * 732

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United State ...

* 734 Bakersfield * 736

Monterey Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bot ...

* 738 Stockton * 740

San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (; Spanish for " St. Louis the Bishop", ; Chumash: ''tiłhini'') is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, in the U.S. state of California. Located on the Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly hal ...

* 973

Palm Springs Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land ...

Colorado

* 656

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

* 658

Colorado Springs Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...

Connecticut

* 920

Washington, D.C.

*236 ** Includes the west portion of the West Bay of

, as far north as Damascus, Maryland (roughly Montgomery, Prince George's, Charles, and St. Mary's counties of Maryland) ** Includes the northeasternmost portion of

, from Sterling to just north of Fredericksburg (roughly

Northern Virginia Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is a widespread region radiating westward and southward from Washington, D.C. Wit ...

)

Florida

* 448

Pensacola Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ci ...

** Includes Clear Springs,

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and Florala, Alabama * 450

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

** Includes a small portion of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

near

Tallahassee Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the population ...

* 452

Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

* 454 Gainesville * 456 Daytona Beach * 458

Orlando Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...

* 460 Southeast Florida * 939

Fort Myers Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 20 ...

* 952 Tampa * 953

*Florida is a special case in which state regulators have also assigned 5-digit LATA codes which overlay the Federally-assigned 3-digit LATAs. See map on the right for details. Some carriers refer to these by the 3-digit LATA, others by the 5-digit.

Georgia

* 438

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

** Includes portion of

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...

from Oakland to Huguley ** Includes

Phenix City Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 38,817. Phenix City lies immediately west across the Chattahoochee ...

, Alabama ** Includes Ranburne, Alabama * 440 Savannah ** Includes part of southern

South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

as far north as Hardeeville and Hilton Head Island * 442 Augusta ** Includes Aiken County and

Edgefield County Edgefield County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,657. Its county seat and largest municipality is Edgefield. The county was established on March 12, 17 ...

, South Carolina * 444 Albany * 446 Macon

Hawaii

* 834

Idaho

* 652 Southern Idaho ** Includes Malheur County, Oregon, especially the

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

area ** Includes

Jackpot Jackpot or Jackpot! may refer to: * A prize, such as a progressive jackpot * Gardena jackpots, a poker variant * Jackpot, Nevada, a community on the Nevada–Idaho state border Comics * Jackpot (comics), several comic book characters * ''Jack ...

, Jarbidge, and Owyhee, Nevada ** Includes Alta and

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, Wyoming * 960 Coeur d'Alene ** Includes part of northwest

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

as far east as

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and as far south as Libby ** Includes Pullman, Washington and surrounding area ** Includes

Pend Oreille County Pend Oreille County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington, along the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border. As of the 2020 United States census, 20 ...

, Washington

Illinois

* 358

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

** Includes Lake County and Newton County, Indiana, especially the Gary, Indiana area ** Includes Demotte,

Hebron Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after Eas ...

, and Lakes of the Four Seasons, Indiana ** Extends into

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

Salem Township * 360 Rockford ** Extends into

near Apple River, Illinois * 362

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

* 364 Sterling * 366 Forrest * 368 Peoria * 370

Champaign Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropo ...

** May include areas of

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

near Danville, Illinois * 374 Springfield * 376 Quincy * 976 Mattoon * 977 Macomb * 978 Olney

Indiana

* 330

Evansville Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...

* 332

South Bend South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...

* 334 Auburn- Huntington * 336 Indianapolis ** Extends into Illinois near Dana, Indiana * 338 Bloomington * 937

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

** Includes Union City, Ohio * 938

Terre Haute Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

** Includes Edgar and

Clark Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educate ...

counties of

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

** May include

Robinson Robinson may refer to: People and names * Robinson (name) Fictional characters * Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719 Geography * Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960 ...

, Illinois

Iowa

* 630

Sioux City Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County ...

** Extends into

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

near incorporated areas of

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

along its length ** Includes the eastern portions of

Dakota Dakota may refer to: * Dakota people, a sub-tribe of the Sioux ** Dakota language, their language Dakota may also refer to: Places United States * Dakota, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Dakota, Illinois, a town * Dakota, Minnesota, ...

and Thurston counties of

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

** Includes North Sioux City, South Dakota, and extends into

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...

near

Akron Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city ...

and

Hawarden Hawarden (; cy, Penarlâg) is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border and is home to Hawarden Castle. In the 2011 census the ward of the same name had ...

, Iowa * 632 Des Moines ** Extends into

from

Andover Andover may refer to: Places Australia *Andover, Tasmania Canada * Andover Parish, New Brunswick * Perth-Andover, New Brunswick United Kingdom * Andover, Hampshire, England ** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station United States * Andove ...

, Missouri to south of Davis City, Iowa * 634 Davenport ** Includes portion of

as far as Geneseo and Aledo ** Includes the Galena, Illinois area * 635 Cedar Rapids

Kansas

*524 Kansas City (see Missouri for details) *532 Wichita *534

Topeka Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central Uni ...

Kentucky

* 462

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

** Includes the central southern area of

around Salem * 464

Owensboro Owensboro is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 165 about southwest of Lou ...

* 466 Winchester

Louisiana

* 492 Baton Rouge * 486 Shreveport * 488

Lafayette Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757� ...

* 490

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

Maine

* 120

Maryland

* 236 ''see Washington, D.C.; most of this LATA is actually in Maryland'' * 238

Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...

* 240 Hagerstown ** Includes the easternmost part of

around Martinsburg as far as Route 9 ** Includes the northwestern part of the

Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia The Eastern Panhandle is the eastern of the two panhandles in the U.S. state of West Virginia; the other is the Northern Panhandle. It is a small stretch of territory in the northeast of the state, bordering Maryland and Virginia. Some sources ...

including Keyser, from

Grant County Grant County may refer to: Places ;Australia * County of Grant, Victoria ;United States *Grant County, Arkansas *Grant County, Indiana * Grant County, Kansas *Grant County, Kentucky *Grant County, Minnesota *Grant County, Nebraska *Grant C ...

to Short Gap ** Includes area of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

just north of

Hancock Hancock may refer to: Places in the United States * Hancock, Iowa * Hancock, Maine * Hancock, Maryland * Hancock, Massachusetts * Hancock, Michigan * Hancock, Minnesota * Hancock, Missouri * Hancock, New Hampshire ** Hancock (CDP), New Hampshir ...

, Maryland * 242

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of ...

Massachusetts

* 126 Western Massachusetts * 128 Eastern Massachusetts

Michigan

* 340

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

* 342

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

** Includes portion of

around Iron Mountain, Michigan, Iron Mountain, Michigan as far as Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Rhinelander and Townsend, Wisconsin, Townsend, Wisconsin * 344 Saginaw, Michigan, Saginaw * 346 Lansing, Michigan, Lansing * 348 Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids

Minnesota

* 620 Rochester, Minnesota, Rochester * 624 Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth * 626 St. Cloud, Minnesota, St. Cloud * 628 Minneapolis * 636 Brainerd, Minnesota, Brainerd, Minnesota-Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo, North DakotaHalf of LATA 636 occupies eastern North Dakota, the other half takes up the northwest quarter of

Mississippi

* 482 Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson ** Includes parts of

around Columbus, Mississippi, Columbus, Mississippi * 484 Biloxi, Mississippi, Biloxi

Missouri

* 520 St. Louis ** Includes part of south-central Illinois southwest of Springfield. * 521 Westphalia, Missouri, Westphalia (per locallingguide.com, includes Columbia MO) * 522 Springfield, Missouri, Springfield * 524 Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City ** Includes eastern portion of Kansas as far out as U.S. 73 and U.S. 59 and south as far as U.S. 54 * 521 Central Missouri: Columbia, Missouri, Columbia and surrounding areas

Montana

* 648 Great Falls, Montana, Great Falls * 650 Billings, Montana, Billings * 963 Kalispell, Montana, Kalispell ''(historical)'' **note: LATA 963 appears on many LATA lists, and at least one map, but is no longer a separate LATA-equivalent area. It is now part of LATA 648.

Nebraska

* 644 Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha * 646 Grand Island, Nebraska, Grand Island * 958 Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln

Nevada

* 720 Reno, Nevada, Reno ** May include Alpine, California, Alpine, Verdi, California, Verdi and Coleville, California, Coleville, California * 721 Pahrump, Nevada, Pahrump

New Hampshire

* 122 ** Includes part of Vermont around Groton, Vermont, Groton ** Includes part of Maine around Kittery, Maine, Kittery and Wilsons Mills, Maine, Wilsons Mills

New Jersey

* 220 Atlantic Coastal New Jersey * 222 Delaware Valley * 224 North Jersey

New Mexico

* 664

New York

*132 New York City and surrounding metropolitan area ** Includes Greenwich, Connecticut *133 Poughkeepsie (city), New York, Poughkeepsie ** Includes Milford, Pennsylvania, Milford, Pennsylvania and surrounding area *134 Albany, New York, Albany ** Includes Hancock, Massachusetts *136 Syracuse, New York, Syracuse *138 Binghamton, New York, Binghamton ** Includes Sayre, Pennsylvania, Sayre, Pennsylvania and surrounding area *140 Buffalo, New York, Buffalo ** Includes Ulysses, Pennsylvania, Ulysses, Pennsylvania and surrounding area *921 Fishers Island, New York, Fishers Island *974 Rochester, New York, Rochester

North Carolina

*420 Asheville, North Carolina, Asheville *422 Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte ** Includes York County, South Carolina, York County and Lancaster County, South Carolina, Lancaster County, South Carolina *424 Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro-Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem area *426 Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh *428 Wilmington, North Carolina, Wilmington *949 Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville *951 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Rocky Mount

North Dakota

*636 Brainerd, Minnesota, Brainerd, Minnesota-Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo, North Dakota *638 Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck **Includes portions of

near Beach, North Dakota, Beach and Squaw Gap, North Dakota, Squaw Gap, North Dakota

Ohio

*320 Cleveland *322 Youngstown, Ohio, Youngstown *324 Columbus, Ohio, Columbus *325 Akron, Ohio, Akron *326 Toledo, Ohio, Toledo *328 Dayton, Ohio, Dayton *922

** Includes Rising Sun, Indiana, Rising Sun, Indiana and surrounding area ** Includes the northern tip of Kentucky as far south as Williamstown, Kentucky, Williamstown *923 Lima, Ohio, Lima-Mansfield, Ohio, Mansfield

Oklahoma

*536 Oklahoma City *538 Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa

Oregon

*670 Eugene, Oregon, Eugene *672 Portland, Oregon, Portland ** Includes Southwestern Washington from Willapa Bay to Goldendale, Washington, Goldendale

Pennsylvania

*226 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg *228 PhiladelphiaLATA 228 includes all of Delaware as well as the metro area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. *230 Altoona, Pennsylvania, Altoona *232 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton *234 Pittsburgh *924 Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie

Rhode Island

*130 Rhode Island

South Carolina

*430 Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville ** Includes Polk County, North Carolina, Polk County, North Carolina *432 Florence, South Carolina, Florence *434 Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia *436 Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston

South Dakota

*640

Tennessee

*468 Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis ** Includes part of

from south of Memphis to as far south as Hernando, Mississippi, Hernando *470 Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville *472 Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chattanooga ** Includes northwestern tip of

*474 Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville *956 Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol-Kingsport, Tennessee, Kingsport-Johnson City, Tennessee, Johnson City ** Includes part of

from Abingdon, Virginia, Abingdon to Wytheville, Virginia, Wytheville

Texas

*540 El Paso, Texas, El Paso *542 Midland, Texas, Midland *544 Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock *546 Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo ** Includes the southern half of the Oklahoma Panhandle *548 Wichita Falls, Texas, Wichita Falls *550 Abilene, Texas, Abilene *552 Dallas *554 Longview, Texas, Longview ** Includes Miller County, Arkansas, Miller County, Arkansas *556 Waco, Texas, Waco *558 Austin, Texas, Austin *560 Houston *562 Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont *564 Corpus Christi, Texas, Corpus Christi *566 San Antonio *568 Brownsville, Texas, Brownsville *570 Hearne, Texas, Hearne *961 San Angelo, Texas, San Angelo

Utah

*660 Utah ** May include Mesquite, Nevada, Mesquite and Partoun, Nevada, Partoun, Nevada ** May include Fredonia, Arizona, Fredonia and Colorado City, Arizona, Colorado City, Arizona *981

(Utah portion)

Vermont

*124 Vermont ** Includes West Lebanon, New Hampshire, West Lebanon and West Chesterfield, New Hampshire

Virginia

*236 Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax, Prince William County, Virginia, Prince William, and Stafford County, Virginia, Stafford counties, and enclosed independent city, cities. ''See #Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C.'' *244 Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke *246 Culpeper, Virginia, Culpeper *248 Richmond, Virginia, Richmond *250 Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg *252 Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk *927 Harrisonburg, Virginia, Harrisonburg *928 Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville *929 Edinburg, Virginia, Edinburg *932 (Shared with WV)

Washington

*674 Seattle *676 Spokane, Washington, Spokane ** Includes parts of Oregon including Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Milton-Freewater and Troy, Oregon, Troy ** Includes a section of Idaho from Lewiston, Idaho, Lewiston to Grangeville, Idaho, Grangeville, up to Troy, Idaho, Troy, and Elk City, Idaho, Elk City ** Includes Tensed, Idaho, Tensed, Idaho

West Virginia

*254 Charleston *256 Clarksburg *240 Martinsburg *932 (overlap with VA)

Wisconsin

*350 Northeast Wisconsin ** Includes the southern corner of Michigan's Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula *352 Northwest Wisconsin *354 Southwest Wisconsin *356 Southeast Wisconsin

Wyoming

*654 Wyoming

U.S. territory LATAs

*American Samoa - 884 *Guam - 871 *Northern Mariana Islands - 870 *Puerto Rico - 820 *U.S. Virgin Islands - 822 *Wake Island - 836

Non-U.S. LATAs (non-regulatory)

- 838 *The Bahamas, Bahamas - 824 *Jamaica - 826 *Dominican Republic - 828 *Other Caribbean - 830 *

- 888

Canada

As LATAs exist for US regulatory purposes, where they serve as a demarcation between intra-LATA calls (handled by regional Bell operating companies) and inter-LATA calls (handled by interstate long-distance carriers such as AT&T), they have no legal significance in

. As of 2000, all of Canada (except for non-geographic numbers) is identified as LATA 888. The use of this LATA set to identify individual provinces is therefore deprecated: *Alberta - 881, 884 *British Columbia - 886 *Manitoba - 888 *New Brunswick - 890 *Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland - 885 *Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island, P.E.I. - 887, 889 *Ontario - 851 *Quebec - 850, 883 *Saskatchewan - 891 *Yukon, Yukon Territory - 892

Local interconnection region

Canada does define local interconnection regions (LIR's), which determine where points of interconnection (POI) must be provided by Competitive local exchange carrier, competing local exchange and mobile carriers to provide local number portability. A Canadian LIR is geographically smaller than a US LATA, typically comparable in size to a small city's flat-rate local calling area or to an entire large regional municipality. In areas where a small-city Digital Multiplex System controls a group of remote switching centres, one for each surrounding village, the local interconnect region normally includes each exchange in the city plus all downstream remotes of those exchanges. In a Toronto-sized city, the LIR will include only the city itself. While the LIRs resemble local calling areas in geographic size, there are some key differences: * LIR's normally do not include incumbent local independent telephone company exchanges in locations not opened to competition, where the independent numbers are currently not portable. * LIR's do not cross provincial boundaries. Lloydminster has an LIR for each province, as does Ottawa-Hull, Quebec, Hull. * LIR's closely follow network topology, which often does not match a local flat-rate calling area as local calling is defined by arbitrary regulatory constructs. One example: The tiny unincorporated village of Beebe Plain, divided by the Quebec-Vermont border, is served by +1-819-876 Rock Island, Quebec, Canada (a remote station controlled from Magog, Quebec, Magog) and +1-802-873 Derby Line, Vermont, USA (a remote station controlled from St. Johnsbury, Vermont, St. Johnsbury). Magog and St. Johnsbury are both a long-distance call from anywhere in Beebe Plain, even though Canadian subscribers can place local calls to Sherbrooke, US subscribers can locally call Newport (city), Vermont, Newport and an international call within the village is local. An LIR assignment which follows network topology places the Canadian remote station in Magog's LIR, not Sherbrooke's LIR.Rock Island QC
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