The complaints come from the FCC.
Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", filed October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, read from opendata.fcc.gov on November 4, 2026.
Public FCC data
Which state gets the most spam calls? People in Colorado filed the most FCC complaints per person, 109.8 for every 100,000 residents.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in the 50 states and DC filed 125,249 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC. This page ranks every state by complaints for every 100,000 residents, and each state has its own page with the area codes its people reported most. Colorado's rate is more than double the next one, the District of Columbia at 51.9.
- 109.8complaints for every 100,000 residents in Colorado, the highest of the 50 states and DC
- 13.8complaints for every 100,000 residents in North Dakota, the lowest
- 36.6complaints for every 100,000 residents across the 50 states and DC (125,249 complaints)
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025. All sources.
Colorado, the District of Columbia and Arizona have the highest rates, and North Dakota, Hawaii and Vermont the lowest.
Each tile is a state, and each one opens that state's page. Darker tiles file more complaints per person.
Every state, shaded by complaints per 100,000 residents
Unwanted-call complaints for every 100,000 residents, October 2025 to September 2026.
The ten states with the highest rates file between 45.8 and 109.8 complaints for every 100,000 residents.
The ten highest rates
The ten highest rates of unwanted-call complaints, October 2025 to September 2026.
- 1COColorado6,602 complaints · 6,012,561 residents109.8
- 2DCDistrict of Columbia360 complaints · 693,645 residents51.9
- 3AZArizona3,889 complaints · 7,623,818 residents51.0
- 4WAWashington3,838 complaints · 8,001,020 residents48.0
- 5MDMaryland3,005 complaints · 6,265,347 residents48.0
- 6VAVirginia4,242 complaints · 8,880,107 residents47.8
- 7TNTennessee3,417 complaints · 7,315,076 residents46.7
- 8NCNorth Carolina5,195 complaints · 11,197,968 residents46.4
- 9WYWyoming272 complaints · 588,753 residents46.2
- 10FLFlorida10,741 complaints · 23,462,518 residents45.8
California files the most complaints in total, 12,899, but ranks 24th once its population is counted.
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51 states and DC
| # | State | Per 100kPer 100,000 people | TotalComplaints | Population | Top code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado | 109.8 | 6,602 | 6,012,561 | 303 |
| 2 | District of Columbia | 51.9 | 360 | 693,645 | 843 |
| 3 | Arizona | 51.0 | 3,889 | 7,623,818 | 480 |
| 4 | Washington | 48.0 | 3,838 | 8,001,020 | 509 |
| 5 | Maryland | 48.0 | 3,005 | 6,265,347 | 833 |
| 6 | Virginia | 47.8 | 4,242 | 8,880,107 | 804 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 46.7 | 3,417 | 7,315,076 | 865 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 46.4 | 5,195 | 11,197,968 | 252 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 46.2 | 272 | 588,753 | 307 |
| 10 | Florida | 45.8 | 10,741 | 23,462,518 | 407 |
| 11 | South Carolina | 41.3 | 2,303 | 5,570,274 | 843 |
| 12 | Georgia | 40.5 | 4,582 | 11,302,748 | 770 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 40.4 | 5,279 | 13,059,432 | 412 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 39.1 | 2,794 | 7,154,084 | 508 |
| 15 | Nevada | 38.1 | 1,250 | 3,282,188 | 702 |
| 16 | Alabama | 37.0 | 1,919 | 5,193,088 | 205 |
| 17 | Illinois | 36.0 | 4,582 | 12,719,141 | 630 |
| 18 | Mississippi | 35.2 | 1,041 | 2,954,160 | 901 |
| 19 | Arkansas | 34.5 | 1,075 | 3,114,791 | 870 |
| 20 | Kansas | 34.3 | 1,022 | 2,977,220 | 316 |
| 21 | Michigan | 34.0 | 3,439 | 10,127,884 | 734 |
| 22 | Texas | 33.7 | 10,673 | 31,709,821 | 956 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 33.0 | 1,359 | 4,123,288 | 405 |
| 24 | California | 32.8 | 12,899 | 39,355,309 | 310 |
| 25 | Idaho | 32.8 | 665 | 2,029,733 | 208 |
| 26 | Montana | 32.2 | 369 | 1,144,694 | 406 |
| 27 | New Hampshire | 31.9 | 452 | 1,415,342 | 603 |
| 28 | New Jersey | 31.6 | 3,017 | 9,548,215 | 201 |
| 29 | Missouri | 30.7 | 1,925 | 6,270,541 | 314 |
| 30 | Delaware | 30.1 | 319 | 1,059,952 | 302 |
| 31 | Utah | 29.8 | 1,055 | 3,538,904 | 801 |
| 32 | Ohio | 29.6 | 3,527 | 11,900,510 | 513 |
| 33 | Maine | 29.6 | 419 | 1,414,874 | 207 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 29.4 | 593 | 2,018,006 | 402 |
| 35 | Rhode Island | 28.4 | 317 | 1,114,521 | 401 |
| 36 | Oregon | 28.4 | 1,215 | 4,273,586 | 503 |
| 37 | Alaska | 28.3 | 209 | 737,270 | 907 |
| 38 | Iowa | 27.3 | 885 | 3,238,387 | 515 |
| 39 | Kentucky | 26.3 | 1,211 | 4,606,864 | 606 |
| 40 | Indiana | 25.6 | 1,788 | 6,973,333 | 317 |
| 41 | New York | 25.6 | 5,116 | 20,002,427 | 518 |
| 42 | Connecticut | 25.1 | 924 | 3,688,496 | 860 |
| 43 | Louisiana | 24.8 | 1,146 | 4,618,189 | 504 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 24.3 | 516 | 2,125,498 | 505 |
| 45 | Minnesota | 23.5 | 1,371 | 5,830,405 | 612 |
| 46 | Wisconsin | 23.3 | 1,393 | 5,972,787 | 715 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 21.8 | 385 | 1,766,147 | 304 |
| 48 | South Dakota | 21.7 | 203 | 935,094 | 605 |
| 49 | Vermont | 17.8 | 115 | 644,663 | 802 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 15.8 | 226 | 1,432,820 | 808 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 13.8 | 110 | 799,358 | 701 |
Another 118 complaints came from Puerto Rico, the other territories or people who gave no state, and are left out of the ranking.
These are the questions people ask about spam calls by state, answered from the data.
By complaints for every 100,000 residents, Colorado is first with 109.8, then the District of Columbia with 51.9 and Arizona with 51.0. By total complaints California is first with 12,899. These are complaints people filed with the FCC from October 2025 to September 2026, not a count of calls.
North Dakota has the lowest rate, 13.8 complaints for every 100,000 residents, then Hawaii with 15.8 and Vermont with 17.8. The whole country files 36.6.
A state with more people files more complaints just by being bigger. California has the most in total, 12,899, and ranks 24th once its 39,355,309 residents are counted. Population is the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate.
No. The state is where the person who filed the complaint was. The caller's area code can be anywhere, which is why each state page also shows which area codes its people reported and how many were from the state itself.
They cover October 2025 to September 2026, full months only, read from the FCC's open data on November 4, 2026 when the newest complaint in the file was dated November 3, 2026. The population estimates are from January 2026.
Every number on this page comes from two public sources.
The population comes from the Census Bureau.
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 (NST-EST2025-POP), Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025, released January 2026, checked November 2026.
Data: FCC Consumer Complaints, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, analysed by ExpressNumber. www.expressnumber.com/spam-calls-by-state
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