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How many spam calls do people in Kansas report? They filed 1,022 FCC complaints in 12 months, 20th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Kansas filed 1,022 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 34.3 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 20th among the 50 states and DC. Only 39% of the 426 numbers people reported with a US area code carried one from Kansas, against 50% across the country.
- 1,022unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Kansas, October 2025 to September 2026
- 34.3complaints for every 100,000 residents, 20th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 316the area code people there named most, on 59 complaints (Wichita, Kansas)
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 Kansas reported area code 316 most, and 4 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Kansas.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Kansas whose caller ID started with that code. 2 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 273 of the 512 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Kansas? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 316 | WichitaIn Kansas | Yes | 59 |
| 2 | 913 | Kansas City, Kansas and Overland ParkIn Kansas | Yes | 55 |
| 3 | 785 | Topeka and northern KansasIn Kansas | Yes | 33 |
| 4 | 202 | Washington, D.C.In DC | No, DC | 25 |
| 5 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 23 |
| 6 | 270 | Bowling Green and western KentuckyIn KY | No, KY | 20 |
| 7 | 620 | Southern KansasIn Kansas | Yes | 18 |
| 8 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 16 |
| 9 | 502 | Louisville, KYIn KY | No, KY | 15 |
| 10 | 816 | Kansas City and northwestern MissouriIn MO | No, MO | 9 |
Monthly complaints from Kansas rose from 46 in February to 134 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 Kansas by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Kansas per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Kansas
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 53 |
| December 2025 | 54 |
| January 2026 | 70 |
| February 2026 | 46 |
| March 2026 | 91 |
| April 2026 | 117 |
| May 2026 | 123 |
| June 2026 | 114 |
| July 2026 | 104 |
| August 2026 | 116 |
| September 2026 | 134 |
Prerecorded calls are the biggest group of complaints from Kansas, at 41% against 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 1,022 complaints from Kansas split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Kansas
How the 1,022 complaints from Kansas split.
- Prerecorded call41% · 424 complaints
- Live caller27% · 273 complaints
- Text message19% · 194 complaints
- Kind not stated13% · 131 complaints
Across the country the split is prerecorded call 41%, live caller 26%, text message 15%, kind not stated 17%.
Fewer than half of the US numbers people in Kansas reported carry a Kansas area code, 165 of 426 (39%), against 50% across the country.
Of 512 complaints that gave a caller ID, 165 named a Kansas code, 261 a code from another state, 69 a toll-free code and 17 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Kansas reported came from
Where the 512 caller ID numbers from Kansas came from.
- Kansas area codes32% · 165 complaints
- Other states' area codes51% · 261 complaints
- Toll-free codes13% · 69 complaints
- Other or not assigned3% · 17 complaints
After Kansas, people there named Kentucky, District of Columbia and New York codes most.
Kansas ranks 20th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Arkansas and Michigan.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Kansas next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Kansas.
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1,022 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 34.3 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 20th among the 50 states and DC per person and 33rd by total count.
316 (Wichita, Kansas) was named on 59 complaints, 12% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 913 (Kansas City, Kansas and Overland Park) with 55 and 785 (Topeka and northern Kansas) with 33.
Not mostly. 39% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Kansas code, against 50% across the country. After Kansas, the area codes named most belonged to Kentucky (35), District of Columbia (32) and New York (19). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
41% were about prerecorded calls, 27% about a live caller and 19% about text messages, and 13% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Kansas filed 354 complaints in July to September 2026, 71% more than the 207 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 Kansas (2,977,220 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Kansas ranks 20th per person and 33rd 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/kansas
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