North American NumbersPalm Springs / Desert & far-north San Diego
Area code 760 covers much of the southeastern and southernmost portions of California, including the desert communities, the Eastern Sierra, and far-northern San Diego County. It split from area code 619 in 1997 and has been overlaid by area code 442 since 2009.
Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.
Where 760 is
Southeastern and far-northern coastal California: Imperial, Inyo and Mono counties plus parts of San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Kern counties..
Communities served wholly or partly by 760:
Representative list across a very large multi-county area, not exhaustive.
How it relates to other codes
The codes 760 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?
How 760 got here
How full it is
Prefix-assignment counts describe allocation to carriers, not how many individual numbers are in use. Full technical records: NumberResearch ↗.
Place, relationships and history above are compiled by North American Numbers from the sources listed and last checked 2026-09-18. A check date is not an expert review — see how this is made. Flag an error.