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Area code
952
In service
United States · since 2000

Southwestern Minneapolis suburbs

Covers the southwestern suburbs of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, created in the February 2000 three-way split of 612. Its boundary followed municipal lines, so some central offices serve multiple area codes.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Southwestern Minneapolis suburbs
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
2000
Projected exhaust
2177 Q2

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 952 is

Southwestern Twin Cities suburbs, chiefly southern Hennepin, Scott, Carver, and western Dakota counties..

Communities served wholly or partly by 952:

BloomingtonEden PrairieEdinaMinnetonkaBurnsvilleShakopee

Split followed municipal boundaries rather than central-office boundaries, so single COs can serve multiple codes.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 952 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 · 2000 612 Minneapolis Split from 612 in the three-way 2000 split (with 763).
Related · 2000 763 Northwestern Minneapolis suburbs Sister code created in the same 2000 split, covering northwestern suburbs.
Related · 2000 507 Southern Minnesota (Rochester) Adjacent southern-Minnesota code to the south.
What's changing. No overlay; created as a split from 612 territory.
C · History

How 952 got here

1999-11-29
NANPA assigned the new codes 763 and 952.
Source: Wikipedia
2000-02-27
Three-way split of 612 took effect; 952 created for the southwestern suburbs.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
353
Prefixes available
447
Thousands-blocks assigned
1,184

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 952
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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