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Do people in Florida report more spam calls than most states? They filed 10,741 FCC complaints in 12 months, tenth most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Florida filed 10,741 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 45.8 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks tenth among the 50 states and DC. Complaints in July to September 2026 (3,786) ran 45% above January to March 2026 (2,610), against a rise of 28% for the whole country.
- 10,741unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Florida, October 2025 to September 2026
- 45.8complaints for every 100,000 residents, tenth of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 407the area code people there named most, on 175 complaints (Orlando, Florida)
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 Florida reported area code 407 most, and 4 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Florida.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Florida 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 1,439 of the 4,511 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Florida? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 407 | OrlandoIn Florida | Yes | 175 |
| 2 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 159 |
| 3 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 156 |
| 4 | 321 | Brevard CountyIn Florida | Yes | 148 |
| 5 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 148 |
| 6 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 141 |
| 7 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 136 |
| 8 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 132 |
| 9 | 813 | TampaIn Florida | Yes | 126 |
| 10 | 954 | Broward CountyIn Florida | Yes | 118 |
Monthly complaints from Florida rose from 831 in December to 1,340 in September.
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 Florida by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Florida per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Florida
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 574 |
| December 2025 | 831 |
| January 2026 | 922 |
| February 2026 | 831 |
| March 2026 | 857 |
| April 2026 | 906 |
| May 2026 | 938 |
| June 2026 | 1,096 |
| July 2026 | 1,216 |
| August 2026 | 1,230 |
| September 2026 | 1,340 |
Prerecorded calls are the biggest group of complaints from Florida, at 43% against 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 10,741 complaints from Florida split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Florida
How the 10,741 complaints from Florida split.
- Prerecorded call43% · 4,608 complaints
- Live caller25% · 2,693 complaints
- Text message15% · 1,569 complaints
- Kind not stated17% · 1,871 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 Florida reported carry a Florida area code, 1,686 of 3,517 (48%), against 50% across the country.
Of 4,511 complaints that gave a caller ID, 1,686 named a Florida code, 1,831 a code from another state, 890 a toll-free code and 104 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Florida reported came from
Where the 4,511 caller ID numbers from Florida came from.
- Florida area codes37% · 1,686 complaints
- Other states' area codes41% · 1,831 complaints
- Toll-free codes20% · 890 complaints
- Other or not assigned2% · 104 complaints
After Florida, people there named New York, California and Kentucky codes most.
Florida ranks tenth of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Wyoming and South Carolina.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Florida next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Florida.
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10,741 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 45.8 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks tenth among the 50 states and DC per person and second by total count.
407 (Orlando, Florida) was named on 175 complaints, 4% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 855 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 159 and 833 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 156.
About half do. 48% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Florida code, against 50% across the country. After Florida, the area codes named most belonged to New York (192), California (177) and Kentucky (159). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
43% were about prerecorded calls, 25% about a live caller and 15% about text messages, and 17% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Florida filed 3,786 complaints in July to September 2026, 45% more than the 2,610 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 Florida (23,462,518 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Florida ranks tenth per person and second 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/florida
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