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Do people in Connecticut report fewer spam calls than most states? They filed 924 FCC complaints in 12 months, tenth fewest per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Connecticut filed 924 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 25.1 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 42nd among the 50 states and DC. The busiest month was July 2026, with 119 complaints.
- 924unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Connecticut, October 2025 to September 2026
- 25.1complaints for every 100,000 residents, 42nd of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 860the area code people there named most, on 89 complaints (Hartford and most of Connecticut)
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 Connecticut reported area code 860 most, and 4 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Connecticut.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Connecticut whose caller ID started with that code. 5 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 231 of the 413 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Connecticut? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 860 | Hartford and most of ConnecticutIn Connecticut | Yes | 89 |
| 2 | 203 | Southwest ConnecticutIn Connecticut | Yes | 44 |
| 3 | 475 | Southwest ConnecticutIn Connecticut | Yes | 25 |
| 4 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 18 |
| 5 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 17 |
| 6 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 13 |
| 7 | 202 | Washington, D.C.In DC | No, DC | 8 |
| 8 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 6 |
| 9 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 6 |
| 10 | 959 | Hartford and most of ConnecticutIn Connecticut | Yes | 5 |
Complaints from Connecticut peaked at 119 in July 2026, against 63 in April 2026.
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 Connecticut by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Connecticut per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Connecticut
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 45 |
| December 2025 | 72 |
| January 2026 | 79 |
| February 2026 | 77 |
| March 2026 | 89 |
| April 2026 | 63 |
| May 2026 | 82 |
| June 2026 | 100 |
| July 2026 | 119 |
| August 2026 | 102 |
| September 2026 | 96 |
Prerecorded calls still lead the complaints from Connecticut at 35%, below the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 924 complaints from Connecticut split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Connecticut
How the 924 complaints from Connecticut split.
- Prerecorded call35% · 319 complaints
- Live caller31% · 285 complaints
- Text message17% · 156 complaints
- Kind not stated18% · 164 complaints
Across the country the split is prerecorded call 41%, live caller 26%, text message 15%, kind not stated 17%.
About half of the US numbers people in Connecticut reported carry a Connecticut area code, 163 of 340 (48%), against 50% across the country.
Of 413 complaints that gave a caller ID, 163 named a Connecticut code, 177 a code from another state, 67 a toll-free code and 6 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Connecticut reported came from
Where the 413 caller ID numbers from Connecticut came from.
- Connecticut area codes39% · 163 complaints
- Other states' area codes43% · 177 complaints
- Toll-free codes16% · 67 complaints
- Other or not assigned1% · 6 complaints
After Connecticut, people there named New York, California and Florida codes most.
Connecticut ranks 42nd of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between New York and Louisiana.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Connecticut next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Connecticut.
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924 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 25.1 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 42nd among the 50 states and DC per person and 34th by total count.
860 (Hartford and most of Connecticut) was named on 89 complaints, 22% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 203 (Southwest Connecticut) with 44 and 475 (Southwest Connecticut) with 25.
About half do. 48% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Connecticut code, against 50% across the country. After Connecticut, the area codes named most belonged to New York (25), California (22) and Florida (15). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
35% were about prerecorded calls, 31% about a live caller and 17% about text messages, and 18% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Connecticut filed 317 complaints in July to September 2026, 29% more than the 245 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 Connecticut (3,688,496 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Connecticut ranks 42nd per person and 34th 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/connecticut
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