218 area code
Area code 218 is in Minnesota. It covers Duluth, Moorhead, Hibbing and 333 other places: 311 ZIP codes in St. Louis, Clay, Crow Wing and 28 other counties. Local time there is , Central Time. In service since 1947, with no overlay.
Who calls from a 218 number
NANPA records the carrier each block of 218 numbers is assigned to. Of the 6.1 million 218 numbers assigned, 42% are with local phone companies (Qwest (CenturyLink), Frontier and Garden Valley Tel); 37% with cable, internet-calling, business and other carriers (Onvoy); 21% with mobile carriers (Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility).
That is who the numbers were assigned to: people keep their number when they change carrier, so any one number may have moved since.
| Carrier | Kind | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Onvoy | Cable, VoIP, other | 17% |
| Qwest (CenturyLink) | Landline | 10% |
| Verizon Wireless | Mobile | 9% |
| AT&T Mobility | Mobile | 8% |
| Frontier | Landline | 5% |
| Garden Valley Tel | Landline | 4% |
An area code says where a number was issued, not where the caller is: people keep their numbers when they move, and caller ID can be set to show any number, which the FCC calls spoofing. If a call you did not expect asks for money or personal details, the FCC advises hanging up and calling the company back on a number you look up yourself. Unwanted calls can be reported to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Places in area code 218
The 208 places with a telephone rate centre of their own using 218, largest first. Each links to its ZIP codes.
Nearby places using 218
These places have no rate centre of their own in NANPA's records; the nearest one uses 218. Near an area-code boundary that can be wrong for part of a town.
- Hermantown
- Baxter
- Dilworth
- Rice Lake
- Saginaw
- Eveleth
- Proctor
- Redlake
- Mountain Iron
- Cohasset
- Esko
- Gilbert
- Redby
- Red Lake
- Iron
- Britt
- Pengilly
- Scanlon
- East Gull Lake
- Lake Shore
- Little Rock
- Angora
- Hines
- Side Lake
- Ponsford
- Rochert
- Bovey
- Ironton
- Forbes
- La Prairie
- Salol
- Grand Portage
- Holyoke
- Jenkins
- Fifty Lakes
- Naytahwaush
- Taconite
- Mahtowa
- Soudan
- Wrenshall
- Big Lake
- Euclid
- Willow River
- Wilton
- Middle River
- Akeley
- Canyon
- Hewitt
- Pennington
- Calumet
- Sawyer
- Swatara
- Bluffton
- Finland
- Ogema
- Cuyuna
- Chickamaw Beach
- Rice Lake
- Pine Point
- Hendrum
ZIP codes in area code 218
311 ZIP codes in 288 towns, by the town each is mailed to, largest first. Each links to its own page.
Where 218 numbers are issued
NANPA's rate centres with the most 218 prefixes (each prefix is 10,000 numbers), under NANPA's own abbreviated names.
| Rate centre | Place | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
DULUTH | Duluth | 79 |
BRAINERD | Brainerd | 28 |
BEMIDJI | Bemidji | 21 |
MOORHEAD | Moorhead | 21 |
VIRGINIA | Virginia | 17 |
FERGUS FLS | Fergus Falls | 14 |
Counties
The counties of its ZIP codes, most residents first, with how many of its ZIP codes each has.
- St. Louis County (49)
- Clay County (14)
- Crow Wing County (12)
- Otter Tail County (21)
- Beltrami County (14)
- Itasca County (26)
- Carlton County (11)
- Cass County (14)
- Becker County (13)
- Polk County (16)
- Hubbard County (6)
- Wadena County (4)
- Lake County (8)
- Aitkin County (7)
- Roseau County (8)
- Pennington County (3)
- Clearwater County (6)
- Koochiching County (11)
- Todd County (5)
- Wilkin County (7)
- Mahnomen County (5)
- Norman County (9)
- Marshall County (9)
- Cook County (6)
- Pine County (3)
- Lake of the Woods County (4)
- Kittson County (10)
- Red Lake County (4)
- Grant County (3)
- Douglas County (2)
- Traverse County (1)
Which code covers where you are now? What area code am I in? answers from your location.
Questions about area code 218
Where is area code 218?
Area code 218 is in Minnesota. It covers Duluth, Moorhead, Hibbing and 333 other places: 311 ZIP codes in St. Louis, Clay, Crow Wing and 28 other counties.
What ZIP codes are in area code 218?
311 ZIP codes, by the town each is mailed to: Duluth (14, 55801 to 55816), Moorhead (4, 56560 to 56563), Hibbing (2, 55746 to 55747), Bemidji (2, 56601 to 56619) and 284 more towns. The full list is on this page.
What time zone is area code 218 in?
Central time.
Is a 218 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either. 21% of 218 numbers are assigned to mobile carriers and 42% to local phone companies (NANPA, 2026-10-10); the rest are with cable, internet-calling, business and paging carriers. A number keeps its area code when it moves to another carrier.
Does a 218 number mean the caller is in Minnesota?
Not necessarily. An area code says where the number was first issued. People keep their numbers when they move or switch carriers, and calling software can show any number, so a 218 call can come from anywhere.
Other area codes in Minnesota
All 8 Minnesota area codes, by area, with the cities each covers
Source: NANPA NPA database, central office code and thousands-block assignments, 2026-10-10. Places are matched to NANPA's rate centres by name; see sources.
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