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Area code
262
In service
United States · since 1999

Southeastern Wisconsin (Waukesha/Racine/Kenosha)

Serves the suburban and exurban ring of southeastern Wisconsin around (but not including) the city of Milwaukee. Created by a 1999 geographic split from 414.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Southeastern Wisconsin (Waukesha/Racine/Kenosha)
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1999
Projected exhaust
2036 Q1

Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.

A · Where it is

Where 262 is

Southeastern Wisconsin: Kenosha, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth counties, and shared portions of Washington and Waukesha counties..

Communities served wholly or partly by 262:

KenoshaRacineWaukeshaLake GenevaBrookfieldMequon

Washington and Waukesha counties are shared with 414.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 262 was split from, spawned, or shares its area with. A split divides the map and changes some numbers; an overlay shares the same ground and changes none — what's the difference?

Split from · 1999 414 Milwaukee Split from 414 on September 25, 1999.
Related · 1997 920 Green Bay / Fox Cities Adjacent code to the north/east.
What's changing. No overlay. As of early 2019, exhaustion was not projected until 2044 at the earliest.
C · History

How 262 got here

1999-09-25
Created as a geographic split from area code 414 for southeastern Wisconsin.
Source: Wikipedia
2021-10-24
Mandatory ten-digit dialing began due to the nationwide 988 designation.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
648
Prefixes available
152
Thousands-blocks assigned
3,199

Prefix-assignment counts describe allocation to carriers, not how many individual numbers are in use. Full technical records: NumberResearch ↗.

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Sources
Wikipedia ↗
Area code 262
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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