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What area code is 562? The area code 562 is in California and it serves Long Beach, Downey, Norwalk, Whittier, Lakewood, Bellflower, Pico Rivera, Paramount, South Whittier, La Habra, and some other surrounding cities. Area code 562 was created on December 28, 1994, and was first put to use on January 25, 1997.

 

The top counties being served by the 562 area code are Los Angeles County and Orange County.

The major cities under each of these counties that are being served by the 562 area code are listed below:

Los Angeles County

The cities within Los Angeles County that are served by the 562 area code include Artesia, Artesia, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Lakewood, Long Beach, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Signal Hill, and Whittier.

Orange County

The cities within Orange County that are served by the 562 area code include La Palma, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, and Surfside.

 

562 Area Code Time Zone

What time zone is 562 Area Code? The time zone in the 562 area code is the Pacific time zone which is abbreviated as PST. That is America/Los Angeles time zone. The pacific standard time is UTC/GMT -8:00 hours while the pacific daylight saving time is +1:00 hour.

 

Significance of 562 Area Code

I don’t know if you notice that there is a three-digit number that precedes a telephone number any time you receive a call from your cell phone. Any time you see the three-digit code 562, it suggests that the call comes from any of the cities or counties listed above. However, there may be an exemption to this. With the use of mobile phone or roaming phone feature, the caller may not necessarily be at any of these cities or counties at the time of calling.

Nevertheless, knowing the counties and cities that the 562 area code covers can guide you when to call a particular person. This is because the person you want to call may be in a time zone that is different from your own.

 

Telephone Carriers in 562 Area Code

If you want to get a wireless telephone within the 562 area code, the popular wireless telephone carriers that you can approach include New Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-mobile, American Messaging Services, USA Mobility Wireless, The Telephone Connection Local Services, 33 Wireless, American Messaging (am), Metropcs Networks, Pac – West Telecomm, and Crown Cellular & Paging.

For landline, popular carriers are Pacific Bell, Pac – West Telecomm, Level 3 Communications, U.S. Telepacific Corp, Mpower, Verizon California, Teleport Comms Group – Los Angeles, Broadvox-clec, Tw Telecom, MCI Metro ATS, Charter Fiberlink Ca, Xo Comms, Broadwing, T-Mobile USA, Cox California Telcom, Peerless Network, Centurylink Comm, Allegiance Telecom, Paetec Comms, AT&T Local, MCI Worldcom Comms, 01 Comms, Global Crossing Local Services, Telscape Comms, Bandwidth.com, Cbeyond Comms, Shelcomm,

 

Zip Codes in 562 Area Code

City	County	State	Area Code	Zip Code
Artesia	Los Angeles	California	562	90701
Artesia	Los Angeles	California	562	90702
Bell Gardens	Los Angeles	California	562	90202
Bellflower	Los Angeles	California	562	90706
Bellflower	Los Angeles	California	562	90707
Cerritos	Los Angeles	California	562	90703
Downey	Los Angeles	California	562	90240
Downey	Los Angeles	California	562	90241
Downey	Los Angeles	California	562	90242
Downey	Los Angeles	California	562	90239
Hawaiian Gardens	Los Angeles	California	562	90716
La Habra	Orange	California	562	90631
La Habra	Orange	California	562	90632
La Habra	Orange	California	562	90633
La Mirada	Los Angeles	California	562	90639
La Mirada	Los Angeles	California	562	90638
La Mirada	Los Angeles	California	562	90637
La Palma	Orange	California	562	90623
Lakewood	Los Angeles	California	562	90712
Lakewood	Los Angeles	California	562	90713
Lakewood	Los Angeles	California	562	90715
Lakewood	Los Angeles	California	562	90714
Lakewood	Los Angeles	California	562	90711
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90802
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90805
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90806
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90810
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90815
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90840
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90803

 

Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90813
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90804
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90808
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90822
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90814
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90807
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90801
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90809
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90835
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90842
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90844
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90846
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90847
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90853
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90832
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90831
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90833
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90834
Long Beach	Los Angeles	California	562	90848
Los Alamitos	Orange	California	562	90720
Los Alamitos	Orange	California	562	90721
Norwalk	Los Angeles	California	562	90650
Norwalk	Los Angeles	California	562	90651
Norwalk	Los Angeles	California	562	90652
Paramount	Los Angeles	California	562	90723
Pico Rivera	Los Angeles	California	562	90660
Pico Rivera	Los Angeles	California	562	90661
Pico Rivera	Los Angeles	California	562	90662
Santa Fe Springs	Los Angeles	California	562	90670
Santa Fe Springs	Los Angeles	California	562	90671

 

Seal Beach	Orange	California	562	90740
Signal Hill	Los Angeles	California	562	90755
Sunset Beach	Orange	California	562	90742
Surfside	Orange	California	562	90743
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90601
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90602
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90603
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90604
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90605
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90606
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90607
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90609
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90610
Whittier	Los Angeles	California	562	90608

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