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Do people in Minnesota report fewer spam calls than most states? They filed 1,371 FCC complaints in 12 months, seventh fewest per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Minnesota filed 1,371 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 23.5 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 45th among the 50 states and DC. Complaints in July to September 2026 (538) ran 58% above January to March 2026 (340), against a rise of 28% for the whole country.
- 1,371unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Minnesota, October 2025 to September 2026
- 23.5complaints for every 100,000 residents, 45th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 612the area code people there named most, on 45 complaints (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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 Minnesota reported area code 612 most, and 7 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Minnesota.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Minnesota whose caller ID started with that code. 3 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 230 of the 498 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Minnesota? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 612 | MinneapolisIn Minnesota | Yes | 45 |
| 2 | 651 | St. Paul and its suburbsIn Minnesota | Yes | 33 |
| 3 | 763 | Plymouth, Blaine and Coon RapidsIn Minnesota | Yes | 28 |
| 4 | 952 | Bloomington, Burnsville and EdinaIn Minnesota | Yes | 21 |
| 5 | 218 | Duluth, Brainerd, Bemidji and MoorheadIn Minnesota | Yes | 19 |
| 6 | 320 | St. Cloud, Willmar and AlexandriaIn Minnesota | Yes | 19 |
| 7 | 507 | Rochester, Mankato and southern MinnesotaIn Minnesota | Yes | 19 |
| 8 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 18 |
| 9 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 15 |
| 10 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 13 |
Monthly complaints from Minnesota rose from 98 in December to 206 in July.
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 Minnesota by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Minnesota per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Minnesota
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 59 |
| December 2025 | 98 |
| January 2026 | 110 |
| February 2026 | 104 |
| March 2026 | 126 |
| April 2026 | 113 |
| May 2026 | 114 |
| June 2026 | 109 |
| July 2026 | 206 |
| August 2026 | 191 |
| September 2026 | 141 |
Live callers make up 33% of the complaints from Minnesota, above the 26% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 1,371 complaints from Minnesota split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Minnesota
How the 1,371 complaints from Minnesota split.
- Live caller33% · 457 complaints
- Prerecorded call31% · 426 complaints
- Text message22% · 303 complaints
- Kind not stated13% · 185 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 Minnesota reported carry a Minnesota area code, 184 of 399 (46%), against 50% across the country.
Of 498 complaints that gave a caller ID, 184 named a Minnesota code, 215 a code from another state, 88 a toll-free code and 11 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Minnesota reported came from
Where the 498 caller ID numbers from Minnesota came from.
- Minnesota area codes37% · 184 complaints
- Other states' area codes43% · 215 complaints
- Toll-free codes18% · 88 complaints
- Other or not assigned2% · 11 complaints
After Minnesota, people there named Florida, California and Virginia codes most.
Minnesota ranks 45th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between New Mexico and Wisconsin.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Minnesota next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Minnesota.
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1,371 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 23.5 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 45th among the 50 states and DC per person and 24th by total count.
612 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) was named on 45 complaints, 9% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 651 (St. Paul and its suburbs, Minnesota) with 33 and 763 (Plymouth, Blaine and Coon Rapids, Minnesota) with 28.
About half do. 46% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Minnesota code, against 50% across the country. After Minnesota, the area codes named most belonged to Florida (21), California (19) and Virginia (17). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
31% were about prerecorded calls, 33% about a live caller and 22% about text messages, and 13% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Minnesota filed 538 complaints in July to September 2026, 58% more than the 340 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 Minnesota (5,830,405 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Minnesota ranks 45th per person and 24th 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/minnesota
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