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How many spam calls do people in Arkansas report? They filed 1,075 FCC complaints in 12 months, 19th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Arkansas filed 1,075 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 34.5 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 19th among the 50 states and DC. 158 of the 519 complaints that gave a caller ID (30%) named one area code, 870 (Jonesboro, Pine Bluff and northern, eastern and southern Arkansas).
- 1,075unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Arkansas, October 2025 to September 2026
- 34.5complaints for every 100,000 residents, 19th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 870the area code people there named most, on 158 complaints (Jonesboro, Pine Bluff and northern, eastern and southern Arkansas)
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.
People in Arkansas reported area code 870 most, and 3 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Arkansas.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Arkansas whose caller ID started with that code. 6 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 347 of the 519 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Arkansas? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 870 | Jonesboro, Pine Bluff and northern, eastern and southern ArkansasIn Arkansas | Yes | 158 |
| 2 | 501 | Little Rock and central ArkansasIn Arkansas | Yes | 49 |
| 3 | 479 | Fort Smith, Fayetteville and western ArkansasIn Arkansas | Yes | 24 |
| 4 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 22 |
| 5 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 20 |
| 6 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 19 |
| 7 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 18 |
| 8 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 16 |
| 9 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 15 |
| 10 | 202 | Washington, D.C.In DC | No, DC | 6 |
Monthly complaints from Arkansas rose from 45 in December to 240 in January.
October 2025 and November 2025 are shaded and dotted because the FCC file holds only 323 and 16,267 complaints of any kind in those months, against about 29,400 in a usual one.
Complaints from Arkansas by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Arkansas per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Arkansas
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 45 |
| December 2025 | 45 |
| January 2026 | 240 |
| February 2026 | 98 |
| March 2026 | 96 |
| April 2026 | 85 |
| May 2026 | 70 |
| June 2026 | 105 |
| July 2026 | 105 |
| August 2026 | 89 |
| September 2026 | 97 |
Prerecorded calls make up 53% of the complaints from Arkansas, above the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 1,075 complaints from Arkansas split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Arkansas
How the 1,075 complaints from Arkansas split.
- Prerecorded call53% · 566 complaints
- Live caller19% · 208 complaints
- Text message16% · 171 complaints
- Kind not stated12% · 130 complaints
Across the country the split is prerecorded call 41%, live caller 26%, text message 15%, kind not stated 17%.
Most of the US numbers people in Arkansas reported carry an Arkansas area code, 231 of 394 (59%), against 50% across the country.
Of 519 complaints that gave a caller ID, 231 named an Arkansas code, 163 a code from another state, 111 a toll-free code and 14 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Arkansas reported came from
Where the 519 caller ID numbers from Arkansas came from.
Arkansas ranks 19th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Mississippi and Kansas.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Arkansas next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Arkansas.
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1,075 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 34.5 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 19th among the 50 states and DC per person and 30th by total count.
870 (Jonesboro, Pine Bluff and northern, eastern and southern Arkansas) was named on 158 complaints, 30% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 501 (Little Rock and central Arkansas) with 49 and 479 (Fort Smith, Fayetteville and western Arkansas) with 24.
Mostly. 59% of the complaints that named a US area code carried an Arkansas code, against 50% across the country. After Arkansas, the area codes named most belonged to California (18), Texas (17) and New York (15). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
53% were about prerecorded calls, 19% about a live caller and 16% about text messages, and 12% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
No. People in Arkansas filed 291 complaints in July to September 2026, 33% fewer than the 434 in January to March 2026. For the whole country the change over the same months was up 28%.
File a complaint with the FCC's Consumer Help Center at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Complaints filed there are the ones counted on this page, listed by the state of the person who filed. To report a scam or fraud call, use ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
A state with more people files more complaints just by being bigger. Dividing by the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for Arkansas (3,114,791 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Arkansas ranks 19th per person and 30th by total count.
Every number on this page comes from two public sources.
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.
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/arkansas
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