Editing Area code 952

{{Short description|Area code for southwest suburbs of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota}}
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[[Image:MN Area Codes Metro.png|thumb|right|350px|Metropolitan area codes with 952 in red.]]
[[Image:MN Area Codes 2024.svg|thumb|right|350px|A map of Minnesota area codes.]]
'''Area code 952''' is the telephone [[area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for the southwestern suburbs of [[Minneapolis-St. Paul]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]]. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes cities such as [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]], [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]], [[Edina, Minnesota|Edina]] and [[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]]. It was created in 2000 along with [[area code 763]] (northwest suburbs) when they were carved out of [[area code 612]], which now only contains [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]] and a few inner-ring locales.

The area code splits in the Twin Cities are unusual because they split along municipal lines, rather than central office boundaries. This led to numerous exchanges being divided between two area codes. One central office, the Penn Avenue office in Minneapolis, had its geographical territory divided into area code 612 for portions in Minneapolis; [[Area code 763|763]] for portions in [[Golden Valley, Minnesota|Golden Valley]]; and 952 for portions in [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|St. Louis Park]]. [[Competitive local exchange carrier]]s serving large portions of the metro area also ended up serving three area codes with the same prefixes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/pl-nanp-200.pdf|title=NANPA Planning Letter PL-200: 612 NPA Split, Creating 763 and 952 NPAs - Minnesota|date=1999-11-29|access-date=2007-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telcodata.us/telcodata/clli?cllicode=MPLSMNPEDS1|title=Telcodata.US|access-date=2007-10-26}}</ref>

952 is bordered on the north and northeast by 763 and 612 respectively, on the east by [[area code 651]], and by [[area code 507]] to the south.  This area is in the Central Time Zone.

Despite the Twin Cities' rapid growth, 952 is nowhere near exhaustion. The April 2025 NANPA projections predict an exhaust date of 2236.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 2025 |title=2025-1 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis |url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/2025-04/2025-1NPAExhaustProjectionsFinal.pdf |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=nanpa.com}}</ref> 

Even with the split into four area codes, most of the Twin Cities region is still a single rate center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalnanpa.com/pdf/newsletters/NANPA_3Q10.pdf|title=Did you know?|work=NANPA News|page=2|date=September 2010|access-date=July 20, 2022|archive-date=July 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002926/https://www.nationalnanpa.com/pdf/newsletters/NANPA_3Q10.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The four Twin Cities area codes comprise one of the largest local calling areas in the United States; with a few exceptions, no long-distance charges are applied from one part of the Twin Cities to another.  Portions of area codes 320 and 507 are local calls from the Twin Cities as well. 

Prior to October 2021, area code 952 had telephone numbers assigned for the [[central office code]] 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [[National Suicide Prevention Lifeline]], which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [[seven-digit dialing]]. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [[ten-digit dialing]] by October 24, 2021.<ref name="pl556">{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf|date=January 8, 2021|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)|access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Service area==
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*[[Apple Valley, Minnesota|Apple Valley]]
*[[Belle Plaine, Minnesota|Belle Plaine]]
*[[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]]
*[[Burnsville, Minnesota|Burnsville]]
*[[Carver, Minnesota|Carver]]
*[[Chanhassen, Minnesota|Chanhassen]]
*[[Chaska, Minnesota|Chaska]]
*[[Cologne, Minnesota|Cologne]]
*[[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]]
*[[Edina, Minnesota|Edina]]
*[[Elko New Market, Minnesota|Elko New Market]]
*[[Excelsior, Minnesota|Excelsior]]
*[[Hopkins, Minnesota|Hopkins]]
*[[Jordan, Minnesota|Jordan]]
*[[Lakeville, Minnesota|Lakeville]]
*[[Long Lake, Minnesota|Long Lake]]
*[[Merriam, Minnesota|Merriam]]
*[[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]]
*[[Minnetrista, Minnesota|Minnetrista]]
*[[Mound, Minnesota|Mound]]
*[[New Prague, Minnesota|New Prague]]
*[[Norwood Young America, Minnesota|Norwood Young America]]
*[[Orono, Minnesota|Orono]]
*[[Prior Lake, Minnesota|Prior Lake]]
*[[St. Bonifacius, Minnesota|St. Bonifacius]]
*[[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|St. Louis Park]]
*[[Savage, Minnesota|Savage]]
*[[Shakopee, Minnesota|Shakopee]]
*[[Shorewood, Minnesota|Shorewood]]
*[[Spring Park, Minnesota|Spring Park]]
*[[Tonka Bay, Minnesota|Tonka Bay]]
*[[Victoria, Minnesota|Victoria]]
*[[Waconia, Minnesota|Waconia]]
*[[Watertown, Minnesota|Watertown]]
*[[Wayzata, Minnesota|Wayzata]]
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==See also==
* [[List of Minnesota area codes]]
* [[List of North American Numbering Plan area codes]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Area code box|State=MN
|This=952
|N=[[Area code 763|763]]
|S=[[Area codes 507 and 924|507/924]]
|E=[[Area code 612|612]], [[Area code 651|651]]
|W=[[Area code 320|320]]
}}

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[[Category:Area codes in the United States|952]]
[[Category:Area codes in Minnesota|952]]
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