626 is a California area code that was created in, and it serves five counties as well as a total of sixty-one cities and towns, and has over five hundred extensions.
The population residing under this area code in California is just under two million people, where Hispanic persons make up the majority, followed by whites, closely followed up by Asians, and then followed after this by blacks, with in terms of gender women surpassing men.
This area code mainly covers the northern section of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley, and contains such towns and cities as Arcadia, Duarte, Bassett, Hacienda Heights, Sierra Madre and South El Monte.
It was originally formed as a split from area code 818 in 1997 to better serve the growing population.
