Move over 713, 281, 832, and 346... a new area code is in town. The newest addition, 621, is the first area code to be added in 10 years.

More specifically, Cheng reported that from July 2021 to July 2022, the nine-county Houston metro area, including The Woodlands and Sugar Land, added 125,000 residents to its population.

The last time the PUC added a new area code was in 2013 when it added 346, when numbers for the 832, 713, and 281 codes already implemented into the Houston area ran out. The 832 area code was ...

An overall look at the Greater Houston metropolitan area and its clusters of retail shops or storefronts. City Observatory reports there are 1,330 retail outlets in the core of the city.