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Area code
402
In service
United States · since 1947

Omaha / Lincoln / eastern Nebraska

Serves eastern Nebraska including Omaha and Lincoln. Nebraska's original 1947 statewide code, reduced to the east in 1954 and overlaid by 531 in 2011.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Omaha / Lincoln / eastern Nebraska
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1947
Projected exhaust
2040 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 402 is

Eastern Nebraska, along a diagonal southeast-to-northwest dividing line, including the Omaha and Lincoln metros..

Communities served wholly or partly by 402:

OmahaLincolnBellevueFremontNorfolkColumbusPapillionLa Vista

Grand Island was in 402 until the 1954 division; it is now in 308.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 402 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?

Spawned · 1954 308 Western Nebraska 308 was split off from 402 in 1954 for western Nebraska.
Overlay · 2011 531 Eastern Nebraska (overlay of 402) 531 is an all-services overlay covering the same eastern-Nebraska geography.
Related · 1947 712 Sioux City / western Iowa Adjacent across the Missouri River (Iowa).
What's changing. Overlaid by 531 (2011); ten-digit dialing required.
C · History

How 402 got here

1947
Established as an original area code covering the entire state of Nebraska.
Source: Wikipedia
1954
State divided; 402 retained eastern Nebraska while 308 took the west.
Source: Wikipedia
2011-03
Area code 531 added as an overlay; ten-digit dialing became mandatory across the 402 territory.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
800
Prefixes available
0
Thousands-blocks assigned
2,927

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 402
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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