Pick 612 if the number should read as Minneapolis.
612 is one of the original codes of 1947, and it has never had an overlay.
The area code for Minneapolis is 612.
Area codes in Minneapolis
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612 is the one code of Minneapolis, and it covers only Minneapolis, Richfield, St. Anthony and Fort Snelling. Everything around the city was given codes of its own.
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Minneapolis has one area code.
Pick 612 for Minneapolis, a small area for a big-city code.
Pick 763 if the number is for the northern suburbs.
763 took the suburbs to the north and northwest on February 27, 2000.
Pick 952 if the number is for the southern suburbs.
952 took the suburbs to the south and southwest on the same day.
People filed 80 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Minneapolis area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 80 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 612.
- 80unwanted-call complaints named a Minneapolis code
Minneapolis codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Minneapolis code.
- 1612Minneapolis80
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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People ask these questions about the Minneapolis area code.
More in the full FAQ.
612 was split four times, in 1996, 1998 and twice in 2000. 320, 651, 763 and 952 each took a piece.
No. St. Paul has used 651 since it was split from 612 in 1998.
A local call in Minneapolis is dialed with seven digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 80 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Minneapolis code: 612 (80). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
Yes. You type the area code you want when you create a number, and you do not need to live in Minneapolis. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
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The codes, the places and the years are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database, and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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