272 code area is located in Eastern timezone. This timezone also known as America/New_York. Current time in 272 is 4:53am.
Area code 272 is in service since Aug 21, 1970. Code was created from area code 570.
| County | Population | % of 272 | % of County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luzerne County | 320,918 | 8 | 100 |
| Lackawanna County | 214,437 | 4 | 100 |
| Monroe County | 169,842 | 5 | 89 |
| Schuylkill County | 148,289 | 6 | 98 |
| Lycoming County | 116,111 | 11 | 100 |
| Northumberland County | 94,528 | 4 | 98 |
| Columbia County | 67,295 | 4 | 100 |
| Bradford County | 62,622 | 10 | 100 |
| Pike County | 57,369 | 5 | 100 |
| Wayne County | 52,822 | 6 | 100 |
| Carbon County | 65,249 | 3 | 78 |
| Union County | 44,947 | 3 | 100 |
| Susquehanna County | 43,356 | 7 | 100 |
| Clinton County | 39,238 | 8 | 100 |
| Snyder County | 39,702 | 2 | 84 |
| Wyoming County | 28,276 | 3 | 100 |
| Tioga County | 41,981 | 6 | 62 |
| Northampton County | 297,735 | 6 | |
| Montour County | 18,267 | 1 | 100 |
| Sullivan County | 6,428 | 4 | 100 |
| City | Population | % of 272 | % of City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scranton | 76,089 | 100 | |
| Wilkes Barre | 41,498 | 100 | |
| Williamsport | 29,381 | 100 | |
| Hazleton | 25,340 | 100 | |
| Bloomsburg | 14,855 | 100 | |
| Pottsville | 14,324 | 100 | |
| Dunmore | 14,057 | 100 | |
| Kingston | 13,182 | 100 | |
| Mountain Top | 10,982 | 100 | |
| Berwick | 10,477 | 100 | |
| Nanticoke | 10,465 | 100 | |
| Sunbury | 9,905 | 100 | |
| East Stroudsburg | 9,840 | 100 | |
| Lock Haven | 9,772 | 100 | |
| Carbondale | 8,891 | 100 | |
| Old Forge | 8,313 | 100 | |
| Pittston | 7,739 | 100 | |
| Shamokin | 7,374 | 100 | |
| Tamaqua | 7,107 | 100 | |
| Milton | 7,042 | 100 | |
| Archbald | 6,984 | 100 | |
| Blakely | 6,564 | 100 | |
| South Williamsport | 6,379 | 100 | |
| Taylor | 6,263 | 100 | |
| Dickson City | 6,070 | 100 | |
| Plymouth | 5,951 | 100 | |
| Mount Carmel | 5,893 | 100 | |
| Lewisburg | 5,792 | 100 | |
| Moosic | 5,719 | 100 | |
| Selinsgrove | 5,654 | 100 | |
| Exeter | 5,652 | 100 | |
| Sayre | 5,587 | 100 | |
| Stroudsburg | 5,567 | 100 | |
| Schuylkill Haven | 5,437 | 100 | |
| Olyphant | 5,151 | 100 | |
| Clarks Summit | 5,116 | 100 | |
| Shenandoah | 5,071 | 100 | |
| Swoyersville | 5,062 | 100 | |
| Duryea | 4,917 | 100 | |
| West Pittston | 4,868 | 100 | |
| Edwardsville | 4,816 | 100 | |
| Jim Thorpe | 4,781 | 100 | |
| Danville | 4,699 | 100 | |
| Jessup | 4,676 | 100 | |
| Montoursville | 4,615 | 100 | |
| West Hazleton | 4,594 | 100 | |
| Honesdale | 4,480 | 100 |
| Carrier | Type | % of 272 |
|---|---|---|
| Voxbeam Telecommunications | landline | 67 |
| Other | landline | 1 |
| Other | wireless | 1 |
| Prefix | Type | Primary City | Carrier | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 272222 | landline | Beaver Spgs | Voxbeam Telecommunications Inc. | Apr 2, 2014 |
| 272762 | Scranton | Verizon Pennsylvania | Jul 3, 2014 | |
| 272888 | landline | Lake Ariel | Voxbeam Telecommunications Inc. | Apr 2, 2014 |