Area Code 986
Area code 986 is in Idaho, USA , spanning 44 counties and serving 267 cities, including Boise, Idaho Falls or Caldwell; it currently uses 173 prefixes, assigned from 986-200-XXXX through 986-999-XXXX.
In service since September 05, 2017, area code 986 is an overlay Numbering Plan Area, part of overlay complex 208/986.
Area code 986 spans two different time zones. The current local time is either or , depending on where you are calling (city list on this page includes time zones).
For exact NPA boundaries see official 986 area code map
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| NPANXX | Area Served1 | Date1 |
|---|---|---|
| 986-200 | Boise | 3/16/2018 |
| 986-201 | Caldwell | 3/8/2019 |
| 986-202 | Leadore | N/A |
| 986-203 | Bluebell | 4/2/2021 |
| 986-204 | Caldwell | 7/13/2021 |
| 986-205 | Sandpoint | 6/15/2021 |
| 986-206 | Nampa | 8/26/2021 |
| 986-207 | Melba | 9/9/2021 |
| 986-208 | Idaho Falls | 08/07/2024 |
| 986-209 | Ketchum | 5/19/2021 |
| 986-210 | Boise | 10/8/2021 |
| 986-212 | Emmett | 10/22/2021 |
| 986-213 | Boise | 10/25/2021 |
| 986-214 | Bluebell | 6/17/2022 |
| 986-215 | Coer D'Alene | 10/25/2021 |
| 986-216 | Nampa | 11/24/2021 |
| 986-217 | Boise | 12/17/2021 |
| 986-218 | Horseshoe Bend | 1/10/2022 |
| 986-219 | Idaho Falls | 12/21/2021 |
| 986-220 | Filer | 10/1/2021 |
| 986-221 | Weiser | 1/14/2022 |
| 986-222 | Rigby | 3/15/2019 |
| 986-223 | Grasmere/ Riddle | 1/28/2022 |
| 986-224 | Boise | 3/23/2018 |
| 986-225 | Marsing | 2/14/2022 |
| 986-226 | Boise | 2/11/2022 |
| 986-227 | Donnelly | 2/14/2022 |
| 986-228 | Rock Creek | 7/21/2022 |
| 986-229 | Boise | 3/28/2022 |
| 986-230 | Boise | 7/27/2022 |
| 986-231 | Idaho Falls | 9/14/2022 |
| 986-232 | Mountain Home | 9/14/2022 |
| 986-233 | Blackfoot | 9/15/2022 |
| 986-234 | Pierce | 6/19/2020 |
| 986-235 | Sandpoint | 9/29/2022 |
| 986-236 | Boise | 8/10/2021 |
| 986-237 | Fruitland | 10/21/2022 |
| 986-238 | Priest River | 10/21/2022 |
| 986-239 | Payette | 10/24/2022 |
| 986-240 | Post Falls | 10/24/2022 |
| 986-241 | Plummer-Worley | 11/29/2022 |
| 986-242 | Aberdeen | 1/13/2022 |
| 986-243 | Raft River | 2/18/2022 |
| 986-244 | Coer D'Alene | 12/7/2022 |
| 986-245 | Rockland | 2/14/2022 |
| 986-246 | Leadore | 12/29/2022 |
| 986-247 | Atlanta | 10/2/2020 |
| 986-248 | Coer D'Alene | 02/01/2023 |
| 986-249 | Idaho Falls | 02/09/2023 |
| 986-250 | Cambridge | 9/24/2021 |
| 986-251 | Moscow | 02/09/2023 |
| 986-252 | Lewiston | 04/01/2023 |
| 986-253 | Bonners Ferry | 04/11/2023 |
| 986-254 | Priest Lake | 04/11/2023 |
| 986-255 | Setters | 04/11/2023 |
| 986-256 | Boise | 04/11/2023 |
| 986-257 | Rathdrum | 06/23/2023 |
| 986-258 | Albeni | 06/23/2023 |
| 986-259 | Mullan | 06/23/2023 |
| 986-260 | Weippe | 06/23/2023 |
| 986-261 | Kamiah | 06/23/2023 |
| 986-262 | St Maries | 06/23/2023 |
| 986-263 | Peck | 06/26/2023 |
| 986-264 | Nezperce | 06/26/2023 |
| 986-265 | Cora | 06/26/2023 |
| 986-266 | Nampa | 06/26/2023 |
| 986-267 | New Plymouth | 06/26/2023 |
| 986-268 | Boise | 08/17/2023 |
| 986-269 | Boise | 10/17/2023 |
| 986-270 | Boise | 12/08/2023 |
| 986-271 | Coer D'Alene | 12/08/2023 |
| 986-272 | Nu Acres | 12/20/2023 |
| 986-273 | Boise | 01/11/2024 |
| 986-274 | Nampa | 01/16/2024 |
| 986-275 | Idaho Falls | 01/24/2024 |
| 986-276 | Caldwell | 01/30/2024 |
| 986-277 | Rigby | 02/21/2024 |
| 986-278 | Emmett | 02/21/2024 |
| 986-279 | Boise | 03/19/2024 |
| 986-280 | Boise | 03/26/2024 |
| 986-281 | Coer D'Alene | 04/23/2024 |
| 986-282 | Nampa | 05/10/2024 |
| 986-283 | Boise | 06/21/2024 |
| 986-284 | Mountain Home | 07/24/2024 |
| 986-285 | Sandpoint | 08/28/2024 |
| 986-286 | Caldwell | 12/9/2022 |
| 986-287 | Boise | 10/07/2024 |
| 986-288 | Hayden Lake | 10/18/2024 |
| 986-289 | Kendrick | 6/7/2021 |
| 986-290 | Boise | 11/27/2024 |
| 986-291 | Idaho Falls | 12/06/2024 |
| 986-292 | Boise | 12/06/2024 |
| 986-293 | Hope | 03/11/2025 |
| 986-294 | Idaho Falls | 05/06/2025 |
| NPANXX | Area Served1 | Date1 |
|---|---|---|
| 986-300 | Bayview | 6/19/2020 |
| 986-313 | Burley | 2/11/2022 |
| 986-326 | Kilgore | 1/13/2022 |
| 986-333 | Potlatch | 6/3/2019 |
| 986-334 | May | 2/1/2022 |
| 986-336 | Fairfield | 7/13/2020 |
| 986-342 | Hollister | 1/13/2022 |
| 986-345 | Spirit Lake | 6/19/2020 |
| 986-346 | Paul | 2/18/2022 |
| 986-348 | Bonners Ferry | 1/20/2021 |
| 986-356 | Springfield | 7/13/2020 |
| 986-366 | Norland | 2/10/2022 |
| 986-382 | Paris | 2/18/2022 |
| 986-386 | Wilder | 7/13/2020 |
| 986-388 | Hamer | 10/2/2020 |
| NPANXX | Area Served1 | Date1 |
|---|---|---|
| 986-600 | Moscow | 9/5/2019 |
| 986-636 | Kooskia | 1/13/2022 |
| 986-640 | Warm Lake | 03/02/2023 |
| 986-641 | Yellow Pine | 02/28/2023 |
| 986-642 | Carey | 1/13/2022 |
| 986-646 | Oakley | 2/14/2022 |
| 986-666 | Nampa | 1/30/2019 |
| 986-668 | Hayden Lake | 2/3/2021 |
| 986-671 | Clark Fork | 4/26/2021 |
| 986-677 | Freedom | 10/5/2020 |
| 986-686 | Donnelly | 4/20/2020 |
| 986-689 | Grangeville | 3/9/2020 |
| NPANXX | Area Served1 | Date1 |
|---|---|---|
| 986-800 | Idaho Falls | 6/24/2020 |
| 986-810 | Coer D'Alene | 4/24/2021 |
| 986-837 | Boise | 2/8/2021 |
| 986-842 | Arbon | 10/2/2020 |
| 986-860 | Coer D'Alene | 3/18/2022 |
| 986-866 | Orofino | 10/27/2021 |
| 986-867 | Boise | 5/9/2019 |
| 986-874 | South Mountain | 2/28/2022 |
| 986-886 | New Meadows | 4/20/2020 |
| 986-888 | Boise | 1/15/2019 |
| 986-895 | Boise | 10/22/2020 |
| 986-896 | Coer D'Alene | 1/25/2022 |
| 986-899 | Elba | 10/2/2020 |
| NPANXX | Area Served1 | Date1 |
|---|---|---|
| 986-900 | Powell | 6/19/2020 |
| 986-910 | Boise | 4/24/2021 |
| 986-922 | Almo | 10/2/2020 |
| 986-926 | Ashton | 1/13/2022 |
| 986-942 | Payette | 1/5/2022 |
| 986-946 | Hope | 7/13/2020 |
| 986-977 | Boise River | 10/2/2020 |
| 986-980 | Parma | 01/19/2023 |
| 986-982 | Clayton | 1/13/2022 |
| 986-986 | Boise | 08/01/2024 |
| 986-996 | Boise | 04/17/2025 |
| 986-999 | Boise | 1/30/2019 |
- For 'Area served' we list the rate center. In the North American Numbering Plan a rate center is a geographic area used to determine local calling boundaries for billing purposes. Its name is generally a locality, often not the only one served by an NPA-NXX combination.
- Assignment date. N/A - mostly central office codes assigned before 2001.
- NXX prefixes last updated: June 3, 2025
Cities in area code 986
| City1 | County | Time Zone1 |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Bingham | M |
| Ahsahka | Clearwater | P |
| Albion | Cassia | M |
| Almo | Cassia | M |
| Alta | Teton | M |
| American Falls | Power | M |
| Arbon | Power | M |
| Arco | Butte | M |
| Arimo | Bannock | M |
| Ashton | Fremont | M |
| Athol | Kootenai | P |
| Atlanta | Elmore | M |
| Atomic City | Bingham | M |
| Avery | Shoshone | P |
| Bancroft | Caribou | M |
| Banks | Boise | M |
| Basalt | Bingham | M |
| Bayview | Kootenai | P |
| Bellevue | Blaine | M |
| Bern | Bear Lake | M |
| Blackfoot | Bingham | M |
| Blanchard | Bonner | P |
| Bliss | Gooding | M |
| Bloomington | Bear Lake | M |
| Boise | Ada | M |
| Bonners Ferry | Boundary | P |
| Bovill | Latah | P |
| Bruneau | Owyhee | M |
| Buhl | Twin Falls | M |
| Burley | Cassia | M |
| Calder | Shoshone | P |
| Caldwell | Canyon | M |
| Cambridge | Washington | M |
| Carey | Blaine | M |
| Careywood | Bonner | P |
| Carmen | Lemhi | M |
| Cascade | Valley | M |
| Castleford | Twin Falls | M |
| Cataldo | Kootenai | P |
| Challis | Custer | M |
| Chester | Fremont | M |
| Clark Fork | Bonner | P |
| Clarkia | Shoshone | P |
| Clayton | Custer | M |
| Clifton | Franklin | M |
| Cobalt | Lemhi | M |
| Cocolalla | Bonner | P |
| Coeur d'Alene | Kootenai | P |
| Colburn | Bonner | P |
| Conda | Caribou | M |
| Coolin | Bonner | P |
| Corral | Camas | M |
| Cottonwood | Idaho | P |
| Council | Adams | M |
| Craigmont | Lewis | P |
| Culdesac | Nez Perce | P |
| Dayton | Franklin | M |
| Deary | Latah | P |
| Declo | Cassia | M |
| Desmet | Benewah | P |
| Dietrich | Lincoln | M |
| Dingle | Bear Lake | M |
| Donnelly | Valley | M |
| Dover | Bonner | P |
| Downey | Bannock | M |
| Driggs | Teton | M |
| Dubois | Clark | M |
| Eagle | Ada | M |
| Eastport | Boundary | P |
| Eden | Jerome | M |
| Elk City | Idaho | P |
| Elk River | Clearwater | P |
| Ellis | Custer | M |
| Emmett | Gem | M |
| Fairfield | Camas | M |
| Felt | Teton | M |
| Fenn | Idaho | P |
| Ferdinand | Idaho | P |
| Fernwood | Benewah | P |
| Filer | Twin Falls | M |
| Firth | Bingham | M |
| Fish Haven | Bear Lake | M |
| Fort Hall | Bingham | M |
| Franklin | Franklin | M |
| Fruitland | Payette | M |
| Garden City | Ada | M |
| Garden Valley | Boise | M |
| Genesee | Latah | P |
| Geneva | Bear Lake | M |
| Georgetown | Bear Lake | M |
| Gibbonsville | Lemhi | M |
| Glenns Ferry | Elmore | M |
| Gooding | Gooding | M |
| Grace | Caribou | M |
| Grand View | Owyhee | M |
| Grangeville | Idaho | P |
| Greencreek | Idaho | P |
| Greenleaf | Canyon | M |
| Hagerman | Gooding | M |
| Hailey | Blaine | M |
| Hamer | Jefferson | M |
| Hammett | Elmore | M |
| Hansen | Twin Falls | M |
| Harrison | Kootenai | P |
| Harvard | Latah | P |
| Hayden | Kootenai | P |
| Hazelton | Jerome | M |
| Heyburn | Minidoka | M |
| Hill City | Camas | M |
| Holbrook | Oneida | M |
| Homedale | Owyhee | M |
| Hope | Bonner | P |
| Horseshoe Bend | Boise | M |
| Howe | Butte | M |
| Huston | Canyon | M |
| Idaho City | Boise | M |
| Idaho Falls | Bonneville | M |
| Indian Valley | Adams | M |
| Inkom | Bannock | M |
| Iona | Bonneville | M |
| Irwin | Bonneville | M |
| Island Park | Fremont | M |
| Jerome | Jerome | M |
| Juliaetta | Latah | P |
| Kamiah | Lewis | P |
| Kellogg | Shoshone | P |
| Kendrick | Latah | P |
| Ketchum | Blaine | M |
| Kimberly | Twin Falls | M |
| King Hill | Elmore | M |
| Kingston | Shoshone | P |
| Kooskia | Idaho | P |
| Kootenai | Bonner | P |
| Kuna | Ada | M |
| Laclede | Bonner | P |
| Lake Fork | Valley | M |
| Lapwai | Nez Perce | P |
| Lava Hot Springs | Bannock | M |
| Leadore | Lemhi | M |
| Lemhi | Lemhi | M |
| Lenore | Clearwater | P |
| Letha | Gem | M |
| Lewiston | Nez Perce | P |
| Lewisville | Jefferson | M |
| Lowman | Boise | M |
| Lucile | Idaho | P |
| Mackay | Custer | M |
| Macks Inn | Fremont | M |
| Malad City | Oneida | M |
| Malta | Cassia | M |
| Marsing | Owyhee | M |
| May | Lemhi | M |
| McCall | Valley | M |
| McCammon | Bannock | M |
| Medimont | Kootenai | P |
| Melba | Canyon | M |
| Menan | Jefferson | M |
| Meridian | Ada | M |
| Mesa | Adams | M |
| Middleton | Canyon | M |
| Midvale | Washington | M |
| Minidoka | Minidoka | M |
| Monteview | Jefferson | M |
| Montpelier | Bear Lake | M |
| Moore | Butte | M |
| Moreland | Bingham | M |
| Moscow | Latah | P |
| Mountain Home | Elmore | M |
| Mountain Home Afb | Elmore | M |
| Moyie Springs | Boundary | P |
| Mullan | Shoshone | P |
| Murphy | Owyhee | M |
| Murray | Shoshone | P |
| Murtaugh | Twin Falls | M |
| Nampa | Canyon | M |
| Naples | Boundary | P |
| New Meadows | Adams | M |
| New Plymouth | Payette | M |
| Newdale | Fremont | M |
| Nezperce | Lewis | P |
| Nordman | Bonner | P |
| North Fork | Lemhi | M |
| Notus | Canyon | M |
| Oakley | Cassia | M |
| Ola | Gem | M |
| Oldtown | Bonner | P |
| Orofino | Clearwater | P |
| Osburn | Shoshone | P |
| Paris | Bear Lake | M |
| Parker | Fremont | M |
| Parma | Canyon | M |
| Paul | Minidoka | M |
| Payette | Payette | M |
| Peck | Nez Perce | P |
| Picabo | Blaine | M |
| Pierce | Clearwater | P |
| Pinehurst | Shoshone | P |
| Pingree | Bingham | M |
| Placerville | Boise | M |
| Plummer | Benewah | P |
| Pocatello | Bannock | M |
| Pollock | Idaho | M |
| Ponderay | Bonner | P |
| Porthill | Boundary | P |
| Post Falls | Kootenai | P |
| Potlatch | Latah | P |
| Preston | Franklin | M |
| Priest River | Bonner | P |
| Princeton | Latah | P |
| Rathdrum | Kootenai | P |
| Reubens | Lewis | P |
| Rexburg | Madison | M |
| Richfield | Lincoln | M |
| Rigby | Jefferson | M |
| Riggins | Idaho | P |
| Ririe | Jefferson | M |
| Roberts | Jefferson | M |
| Rockland | Power | M |
| Rogerson | Twin Falls | M |
| Rupert | Minidoka | M |
| Sagle | Bonner | P |
| Salmon | Lemhi | M |
| Sandpoint | Bonner | P |
| Santa | Benewah | P |
| Shelley | Bingham | M |
| Shoshone | Lincoln | M |
| Shoup | Lemhi | M |
| Silverton | Shoshone | P |
| Smelterville | Shoshone | P |
| Soda Springs | Caribou | M |
| Spencer | Clark | M |
| Spirit Lake | Kootenai | P |
| Springfield | Bingham | M |
| St Anthony | Fremont | M |
| St Charles | Bear Lake | M |
| St Maries | Benewah | P |
| Stanley | Custer | M |
| Star | Ada | M |
| Stites | Idaho | P |
| Sugar City | Madison | M |
| Sun Valley | Blaine | M |
| Swan Valley | Bonneville | M |
| Swanlake | Bannock | M |
| Sweet | Gem | M |
| Tendoy | Lemhi | M |
| Tensed | Benewah | P |
| Terreton | Jefferson | M |
| Teton | Fremont | M |
| Tetonia | Teton | M |
| Thatcher | Franklin | M |
| Troy | Latah | P |
| Twin Falls | Twin Falls | M |
| Ucon | Bonneville | M |
| Victor | Teton | M |
| Viola | Latah | P |
| Wallace | Shoshone | P |
| Warren | Idaho | M |
| Wayan | Caribou | M |
| Weippe | Clearwater | P |
| Weiser | Washington | M |
| Wendell | Gooding | M |
| Weston | Franklin | M |
| White Bird | Idaho | P |
| Wilder | Canyon | M |
| Winchester | Lewis | P |
| Worley | Kootenai | P |
| Yellow Pine | Valley | M |
- Listed above are most places served by USA area code 986. When multiple places in a US state share the same name we list the largest one only. Cities with population over 50,000 are displayed in bold text.
- Multiple time zones. Go to top for current time.