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Do people in New Mexico report fewer spam calls than most states? They filed 516 FCC complaints in 12 months, eighth fewest per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in New Mexico filed 516 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 24.3 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 44th among the 50 states and DC. 56 of the 179 complaints that gave a caller ID (31%) named one area code, 505 (Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico).
- 516unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in New Mexico, October 2025 to September 2026
- 24.3complaints for every 100,000 residents, 44th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 505the area code people there named most, on 56 complaints (Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico)
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 New Mexico reported area code 505 most, and 2 of the 10 busiest area codes are in New Mexico.
Each row counts the complaints from people in New Mexico whose caller ID started with that code. 5 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 102 of the 179 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In New Mexico? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 505 | Albuquerque and Santa FeIn New Mexico | Yes | 56 |
| 2 | 575 | Las Cruces and RoswellIn New Mexico | Yes | 12 |
| 3 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 7 |
| 4 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 5 |
| 5 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 5 |
| 6 | 303 | Denver and Boulder, COIn CO | No, CO | 4 |
| 7 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 4 |
| 8 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 4 |
| 9 | 970 | Northern and western ColoradoIn CO | No, CO | 3 |
| 10 | 205 | Birmingham, ALIn AL | No, AL | 2 |
Complaints from New Mexico peaked at 71 in August 2026, against 36 in February 2026.
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 New Mexico by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from New Mexico per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from New Mexico
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 37 |
| December 2025 | 38 |
| January 2026 | 40 |
| February 2026 | 36 |
| March 2026 | 57 |
| April 2026 | 44 |
| May 2026 | 42 |
| June 2026 | 40 |
| July 2026 | 62 |
| August 2026 | 71 |
| September 2026 | 49 |
Prerecorded calls still lead the complaints from New Mexico at 37%, below the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 516 complaints from New Mexico split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in New Mexico
How the 516 complaints from New Mexico split.
- Prerecorded call37% · 189 complaints
- Live caller27% · 137 complaints
- Text message15% · 78 complaints
- Kind not stated22% · 112 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 New Mexico reported carry a New Mexico area code, 68 of 152 (45%), against 50% across the country.
Of 179 complaints that gave a caller ID, 68 named a New Mexico code, 84 a code from another state, 27 a toll-free code and 0 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in New Mexico reported came from
Where the 179 caller ID numbers from New Mexico came from.
New Mexico ranks 44th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Louisiana and Minnesota.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
New Mexico next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to New Mexico.
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516 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 24.3 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 44th among the 50 states and DC per person and 38th by total count.
505 (Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico) was named on 56 complaints, 31% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 575 (Las Cruces and Roswell, New Mexico) with 12 and 877 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 7.
Not mostly. 45% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a New Mexico code, against 50% across the country. After New Mexico, the area codes named most belonged to Colorado (8), New York (8) and Texas (8). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
37% were about prerecorded calls, 27% about a live caller and 15% about text messages, and 22% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
August 2026, with 71 complaints. The quietest full month was February 2026, with 36. 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 New Mexico (2,125,498 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why New Mexico ranks 44th per person and 38th 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/new-mexico
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