Bulletin September #00-85-1 19, 2000 Minnesota Department of Human Services 444 Lafayette Rd. St. Paul, MN 55155 OF INTEREST TO! County Directors 612 Area Code Splits TOPIC Effects of New 612 Area Code Split PURPOSE Announce changes in dialing the Twin Cities area. CONTACT Wendy Tibbetts-Geving, Management Services, 651-215-6268 SIGNED ACTION Please read for information. DENNIS W. ERICKSON Assistant Commissioner Finance and Management Operations DUE DATE None
Minnesota is running out of telephone number prefixes in the 612 area code region due to increased demand for new telephone numbers used for services such as fax machines, pagers, wireless telephones and other competitive services. On February 27, 2000, Minnesota s region served by the 612 area code split into three different area codes: 612, 763 and 952 as ordered by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Telephone customers now served by the following area codes will remain the same: 651, 218, 320 and 507. With the introduction of the new area codes, it will be necessary to dial ten digits (the 3-digit area code plus the 7-digit phone number) to complete a local call between area codes. Do not dial a 1 or 0 before the 10-digit local call. This is the same dialing pattern used today in the Twin Cities area to make a local call between the 612 and 651 area codes. Long distance charges do not apply. The Minnesota PUC identified a core area that will retain the 612 area code. The remaining region was divided, roughly in half, with the boundary line approximately following Interstate 394. The 763 area code serves communities to the north of I-394 and the 952 area codes serves communities to the south of I-394. COMMUNITY LISTS Telephone service working at the addresses within the following communities will keep the 612 area code: Fort Snelling Minneapolis Richfield St. Anthony Telephone service working at the addresses within the following communities will change to the 763 area code: Albertville Andover Anoka Becker Bethel Big Lake Blaine Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Park Buffalo Cambridge Champlin Columbia Heights Coon Rapids Corcoran Crystal Dayton Delano East Bethel Elk River Enfield Fridley Glendorado Golden Valley Greenfield Ham Lake Hanover Independence * Isanti Lexington Loretto Maple Grove Maple Plain Medicine Lake Medina Monticello Montrose Mounds View New Hope Oak Grove Osseo Otsego Plymouth Princeton Ramsey Robbinsdale Rockford Rogers Spring Lake Park St. Francis St. Michael Waverly Zimmerman
Telephone service working at the addresses within the following communities will change to the 952 area code: Apple Valley Belle Plaine Bloomington Burnsville Carver Chanhassen Chaska Cologne Deep Haven Eden Prairie Edina Elko Greenwood Heidelburg Hopkins Jordan Lakeville Long Lake * Mayer Minnetonka Minnetonka Beach Minnetrista * Mound New Germany New Market New Prague Norwood Orono * Prior Lake St. Bonifacius Savage Shakopee Shorewood Spring Park St. Louis Park Tonka Bay Victoria Waconia Watertown Wayzata Webster Woodland Young America * A small section of this community is served by a different area code. Please refer to the following prefix list to identify the specific area code. PREFIX LISTS The following is a list of prefixes (the first three digits of a telephone number) affected by the area code change that splits the region into three different area codes: Telephone numbers with these prefixes will remain in the 612 area code: 202 204 207 209 210 214 215 216 218 219 220 221 228 234 237 239 240 242 243 245 246 247 250 251 256 264 267 269 272 273 275 276 280 281 288 296 298 299 301 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 313 314 316 317 318 319 321 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 347 348 349 350 359 360 362 363 366 369 370 371 372 373 375 376 378 379 382 384 385 386 387 388 390 395 396 397 399 407 408 409 410 414 415 418 419 429 436 437 455 468 480 483 499 508 510 515 517 518 524 526 527 530 532 534 538 539 547 554 558 570 573 578 579 580 581 584 589 590 596 597 598 599 606 609 613 616 617 618 619 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 629 630 632 636 640 644 648 650 654 655 660 661 663 664 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 676 677 678 679 680 685 692 701 708 709 710 713 716 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 735 741 743 747 749 750 751 752 756 759 760 761 770 775 787 790 791 794 798 799 801 802 803 804 805 810 812 813 816 817 818 819 821 822 823 824 825 827 834 839 840 845 849 Telephone numbers with these prefixes will remain in the 612 area code: (continued) 850 859 860 861 863 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 874 875 877 879 880 889 899 902 904 910 916 919 940 951 961 963 964 965 968 970 973 978 981 986 987 990 991 998 Telephone numbers with these prefixes will change to the 763 area code: 206 212 213 223 224 236 241 254 255 257 261 262 263 268 270 271 274 286 291 295 315 323 383 389 391 398 413 416 420 421 422 424 425 427 428 433 434 438 439 441 444 453 458 477 478 479 485 488 493 494 497 498 502 503 504 505 506 509 514 519 528 531 533 535 536 537
549 550 551 552 553 557 559 560 561 565 566 568 569 571 572 574 575 576 577 585 586 592 603 614 631 633 634 635 658 662 675 682 684 689 691 694 712 717 753 754 755 757 767 780 783 784 785 786 792 795 856 862 878 923 954 957 971 972 Telephone numbers with these prefixes will change to the 952 area code: 226 227 229 233 235 238 244 282 290 292 294 297 322 324 345 346 351 352 353 358 361 365 368 380 394 401 402 403 405 406 423 426 430 431 432 435 440 442 443 445 446 447 448 451 452 454 456 457 459 460 461 463 466 467 469 470 471 472 474 487 491 492 495 496 556 563 601 608 652 657 681 683 686 687 688 703 707 736 758 769 806 808 809 814 820 826 828 829 830 831 832 833 835 837 838 841 842 844 846 851 853 854 857 858 873 876 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 901 903 905 906 907 908 909 912 914 918 921 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 953 955 956 967 974 975 979 980 983 984 985 988 992 993 995 996 997 Telephone numbers with these prefixes will remain in the 612 area code if within the city limits of Minneapolis and St. Anthony. If within the communities of Columbia Heights, Fridley, Robbinsdale, Crystal, and Golden Valley, telephone numbers with these prefixes will change to the 763 area code: 208 287 289 302 354 355 520 521 522 529 587 588 615 706 740 781 782 788 789 Telephone numbers with these prefixes remain in the 612 area code if within the city limits of Minneapolis. If within the communities of St. Louis Park and Edina, telephone numbers with these prefixes will change to the 952 area code: 217 231 232 266 284 285 356 562 564 836 915 920 922 924 925 926 927 928 929 Telephone numbers with these prefixes will change to the 763 area code if located in Crystal, Golden Valley, New Hope, Plymouth or Medina. Telephone numbers with these prefixes will change to the 952 area code if located in St. Louis Park, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Orono, Long Lake, Woodland, Deep Haven and Shorewood. 225 249 258 404 417 449 473 475 476 512 513 525 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 582 591 593 595 742 745 764 797 847 The following prefixes could be working in either the 612, the 763 or the 952 area code. The community determines the area code for telephone customers with the following prefixes where the telephone service is located. To determine the area code for the following prefixes, please refer to the list of communities beginning on Page 2. 230 252 253 259 277 278 279 367 374 377 381 392 412 465 486 516 548 555 567 594 607 656 746 807 843 852 913 The ten-month transition or permissive dialing period began February 27, 2000 and will extend to January 14, 2001. This transition period is intended to give consumers an opportunity to make necessary preparations and become accustomed to using the new area codes. During this transition time you will be able to complete a local call between area codes by dialing either the current seven digit telephone number, or by dialing the area code plus the seven digit phone number. The mandatory dialing date will be effective January 14, 2001. If when calling between area codes, you do not dial the full 10 digits (area code plus 7-digit number), you will receive a recording indicating
that the call cannot be completed. A map showing the boundaries is attached for your reference. Prefix list prepared April 19, 2000 based on adjusted industry documents. DISCLAIMER: U S WEST based on information obtained from telecommunications industry documents developed this prefix list. U S WEST is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of information for non-u S WEST prefixes.