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Do people in Maryland report more spam calls than most states? They filed 3,005 FCC complaints in 12 months, fifth most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Maryland filed 3,005 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 48.0 for every 100,000 residents, the fifth-highest rate among the 50 states and DC. 55% of the 3,005 complaints were about prerecorded calls, against 41% across the country.
- 3,005unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Maryland, October 2025 to September 2026
- 48.0complaints for every 100,000 residents, fifth of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 833the area code people there named most, on 120 complaints (toll-free, tied to no place)
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 Maryland reported the toll-free code 833 most, and 3 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Maryland.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Maryland 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 850 of the 1,700 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Maryland? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 120 |
| 2 | 301 | Montgomery County and western MarylandIn Maryland | Yes | 105 |
| 3 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 98 |
| 4 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 92 |
| 5 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 86 |
| 6 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 83 |
| 7 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 73 |
| 8 | 443 | Baltimore and the Eastern ShoreIn Maryland | Yes | 65 |
| 9 | 610 | Allentown, Reading and the Philadelphia suburbs, PAIn PA | No, PA | 65 |
| 10 | 410 | BaltimoreIn Maryland | Yes | 63 |
Monthly complaints from Maryland ran from 187 in February to 377 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 Maryland by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Maryland per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Maryland
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 167 |
| December 2025 | 314 |
| January 2026 | 377 |
| February 2026 | 187 |
| March 2026 | 295 |
| April 2026 | 290 |
| May 2026 | 277 |
| June 2026 | 304 |
| July 2026 | 265 |
| August 2026 | 269 |
| September 2026 | 259 |
Prerecorded calls make up 55% of the complaints from Maryland, above the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 3,005 complaints from Maryland split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Maryland
How the 3,005 complaints from Maryland split.
- Prerecorded call55% · 1,663 complaints
- Live caller21% · 627 complaints
- Text message10% · 308 complaints
- Kind not stated14% · 407 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 Maryland reported carry a Maryland area code, 341 of 1,119 (30%), against 50% across the country.
Of 1,700 complaints that gave a caller ID, 341 named a Maryland code, 778 a code from another state, 556 a toll-free code and 25 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Maryland reported came from
Where the 1,700 caller ID numbers from Maryland came from.
- Maryland area codes20% · 341 complaints
- Other states' area codes46% · 778 complaints
- Toll-free codes33% · 556 complaints
- Other or not assigned1% · 25 complaints
After Maryland, people there named New York, Pennsylvania and California codes most.
Maryland ranks fifth of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Washington and Virginia.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Maryland next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Maryland.
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3,005 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 48.0 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks fifth among the 50 states and DC per person and 17th by total count.
833 (toll-free, tied to no place) was named on 120 complaints, 7% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 301 (Montgomery County and western Maryland) with 105 and 877 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 98.
Not mostly. 30% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Maryland code, against 50% across the country. After Maryland, the area codes named most belonged to New York (96), Pennsylvania (86) and California (61). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
55% were about prerecorded calls, 21% about a live caller and 10% about text messages, and 14% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
About the same. People in Maryland filed 793 complaints in July to September 2026, 8% fewer than the 859 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 Maryland (6,265,347 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Maryland ranks fifth per person and 17th 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/maryland
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