Area code 956

Area code 956 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the Lower and Middle Rio Grande Valley regions in the U.S. state of Texas. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the communities of Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo and South Padre Island. The area code was created on May 25, 1997, in a split of NPA 210.

Projections in 2024 by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) indicated that 956 will enter exhaustion levels by late 2027 and relief action will be required in the Rio Grande Valley by that time.^[1]