Located in the Central (GMT -06:00) time zone. Area code 979 serves the state of Texas. This area code was assigned on September 2nd, 1999. On February 19th, 2000 it went into service. 979 is a General Purpose Code. Dialing pattern for local calls within the same NPA (area code) is 7D.
Information for Area Code 979
Area Code
979
Country
United States
State
Texas (TX)
Major City
Angleton
Time Zone
Central (GMT -06:00)
Population
508,002
White Population
374,864
Black Population
66,314
Hispanic Population
101,397
Asian Population
8,394
Hawaiian Population
216
Indian Population
2,165
Other Population
46,432
Male Population
253,323
Female Population
254,679
Avg House Value
$68,812.69
Avg Household Income
$35,667.17
Avg Persons Per Household
2.64
Median Age
36.67
Median Age (Male)
35.47
Median Age (Female)
37.69
List of Cities in Area Code Overlay Complex 270
Angleton
Freeport
El Campo
Wharton
Sealy
Columbus
Bay City
Bellville
Bryan
Somerville
Eagle Lake
Hempstead
La Grange
College Station
Franklin
Clute
Sweeny
Louise
Needville
Wallis
Brenham
Hallettsville
Schulenburg
Caldwell
Lexington
Damon
Dime Box
Giddings
Hearne
Wadsworth
Liverpool
Danevang
New Ulm
Industry
Garwood
Austin
Lincoln
Weimar
Burton
Brazoria
Round Top
Calvert
Fayetteville
Carmine
Beasley
West Columbia
East Bernard
Smithville
Ledbetter
Bleiblerville
List of Zip Codes in Area Code 979
77836
77541
77566
77531
77833
77803
77801
77802
78963
78949
78945
78932
78940
78954
77859
78942
77515
77414
77485
77445
78962
77418
77434
77442
77461
78956
77422
77856
77474
77437
77853
77879
77807
77840
77488
77455
77837
77835
78957
77808
77975
77964
78948
78946
77435
77486
78950
78931
77417
77483
77420
77468
77448
77430
77426
77480
78934
77444
78947
77845
78953
77482
77432
77577
77534
78944
SPs and Telephone companies in Area Code 270
Broadwing Communications, Llc - Tx
Peerless Network Of Texas, Llc - Tx
New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Il
Aerial Communications
Southwestern Bell
Level 3 Communications, Llc - Tx
Frontier Southwest Inc Dba Frontier Comm Of Texas
Brooks Fiber Properties Of Texas - Tx
Matrix Telecom, Llc. Sii Tnci - Tx
Sprint Spectrum L.p.
Valor Telecomm Tx, Ld-tx #2 Dba Windstream Comm Sw
Central Tel. Co. Of Texas Dba Centurylink
American Messaging Services, Llc
Windstream Sugar Land, Llc
Ganado Telephone Co., Inc.
Grande Communications Networks, Inc. - Tx
Comcast Phone Of Texas, Llc - Tx
Worldcall Interconnect Inc.
Onvoy, Llc - Tx
Time Warner Cble Info Svc (tx) Dba Time Warner Cbl