Regions, cities, and counties in New Mexico have area codes assigned to them. Phone numbers of residents begin with area codes representing where they live or used to live. Learning New Mexico area codes and their locations can help identify the possible locations of unknown callers living in the state. New Mexico residents can also use reverse phone lookup services to identify unknown callers by their phone numbers.
Area codes for New Mexico include:
| 505 - Location | |||
| 575 - Location | |||
Who Controls New Mexico Area Codes?
Authorized by the FCC, it is the duty of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) to assign new area codes in states. At the state level, the FCC empowers the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) to conserve area codes, decide when to request new ones, and inform citizens about area code-related changes in the state.
Where are Area Codes 505?
North American area code 505 covers the northwestern part of New Mexico including Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Farmington, Gallup, and other cities in their surrounding metropolitan areas. Aside from these four cities, other cities served by area code 505 include Aztec, Belen, Bernalillo, Espanola, Grants, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Los Lunas, Rio Rancho, Shiprock, White Rock, and Zuni.
Where is Area Code 575?
Area code 575 serves all other counties and cities outside the parts covered by area code 505. It spreads across the following counties: Catron, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Harding, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Sandoval, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, and Union counties. Major cities in area code 575 include Alamogordo city, Carlsbad city, Clovis city, Deming city, Hobbs city, Las Cruces city, Roswell city, and Socorro city.