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How many spam calls do people in Nebraska report? They filed 593 FCC complaints in 12 months, 34th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Nebraska filed 593 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 29.4 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 34th among the 50 states and DC. 74 of the 225 complaints that gave a caller ID (33%) named one area code, 402 (Eastern Nebraska).
- 593unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Nebraska, October 2025 to September 2026
- 29.4complaints for every 100,000 residents, 34th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 402the area code people there named most, on 74 complaints (Eastern Nebraska)
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 Nebraska reported area code 402 most, and 3 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Nebraska.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Nebraska whose caller ID started with that code. 4 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 129 of the 225 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Nebraska? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 402 | Eastern NebraskaIn Nebraska | Yes | 74 |
| 2 | 308 | Western NebraskaIn Nebraska | Yes | 13 |
| 3 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 10 |
| 4 | 531 | Omaha, Lincoln and eastern NebraskaIn Nebraska | Yes | 7 |
| 5 | 785 | Topeka and northern KansasIn KS | No, KS | 7 |
| 6 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 6 |
| 7 | 304 | West VirginiaIn WV | No, WV | 3 |
| 8 | 434 | Lynchburg, Charlottesville and Danville, VAIn VA | No, VA | 3 |
| 9 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 3 |
| 10 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 3 |
Complaints from Nebraska peaked at 111 in August 2026, against 23 in December 2025.
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 Nebraska by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Nebraska per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Nebraska
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 24 |
| December 2025 | 23 |
| January 2026 | 32 |
| February 2026 | 34 |
| March 2026 | 45 |
| April 2026 | 37 |
| May 2026 | 58 |
| June 2026 | 62 |
| July 2026 | 75 |
| August 2026 | 111 |
| September 2026 | 92 |
Prerecorded calls still lead the complaints from Nebraska at 36%, below the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 593 complaints from Nebraska split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Nebraska
How the 593 complaints from Nebraska split.
- Prerecorded call36% · 216 complaints
- Live caller29% · 173 complaints
- Text message18% · 105 complaints
- Kind not stated17% · 99 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 Nebraska reported carry a Nebraska area code, 94 of 195 (48%), against 50% across the country.
Of 225 complaints that gave a caller ID, 94 named a Nebraska code, 101 a code from another state, 27 a toll-free code and 3 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Nebraska reported came from
Where the 225 caller ID numbers from Nebraska came from.
Nebraska ranks 34th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Maine and Rhode Island.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Nebraska next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Nebraska.
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593 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 29.4 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 34th among the 50 states and DC per person and 37th by total count.
402 (Eastern Nebraska) was named on 74 complaints, 33% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 308 (Western Nebraska) with 13 and 833 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 10.
About half do. 48% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Nebraska code, against 50% across the country. After Nebraska, the area codes named most belonged to California (9), Florida (8) and Illinois (7). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
36% were about prerecorded calls, 29% about a live caller and 18% about text messages, and 17% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
August 2026, with 111 complaints. The quietest full month was December 2025, with 23. October 2025 and November 2025 are left out of that comparison because the FCC file is thin for them.
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 Nebraska (2,018,006 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Nebraska ranks 34th per person and 37th 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/nebraska
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