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How many spam calls do people in Ohio report? They filed 3,527 FCC complaints in 12 months, 32nd most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Ohio filed 3,527 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 29.6 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 32nd among the 50 states and DC. Ohio ranks 13th for total complaints but 32nd for every 100,000 people.
- 3,527unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Ohio, October 2025 to September 2026
- 29.6complaints for every 100,000 residents, 32nd of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 513the area code people there named most, on 122 complaints (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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 Ohio reported area code 513 most, and 8 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Ohio.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Ohio 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 642 of the 1,421 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Ohio? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 513 | CincinnatiIn Ohio | Yes | 122 |
| 2 | 614 | ColumbusIn Ohio | Yes | 90 |
| 3 | 330 | Akron, Canton and YoungstownIn Ohio | Yes | 82 |
| 4 | 440 | Cleveland suburbsIn Ohio | Yes | 65 |
| 5 | 937 | Dayton and SpringfieldIn Ohio | Yes | 65 |
| 6 | 216 | ClevelandIn Ohio | Yes | 58 |
| 7 | 419 | Toledo and northwest OhioIn Ohio | Yes | 52 |
| 8 | 740 | Southeast and central OhioIn Ohio | Yes | 49 |
| 9 | 800 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 30 |
| 10 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 29 |
Monthly complaints from Ohio rose from 255 in April to 434 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 Ohio by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Ohio per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Ohio
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 231 |
| December 2025 | 299 |
| January 2026 | 351 |
| February 2026 | 290 |
| March 2026 | 321 |
| April 2026 | 255 |
| May 2026 | 256 |
| June 2026 | 298 |
| July 2026 | 434 |
| August 2026 | 407 |
| September 2026 | 384 |
Live callers make up 32% of the complaints from Ohio, above the 26% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 3,527 complaints from Ohio split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Ohio
How the 3,527 complaints from Ohio split.
- Live caller32% · 1,121 complaints
- Prerecorded call31% · 1,110 complaints
- Text message18% · 648 complaints
- Kind not stated18% · 648 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 Ohio reported carry an Ohio area code, 649 of 1,250 (52%), against 50% across the country.
Of 1,421 complaints that gave a caller ID, 649 named an Ohio code, 601 a code from another state, 152 a toll-free code and 19 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Ohio reported came from
Where the 1,421 caller ID numbers from Ohio came from.
Ohio ranks 32nd of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Utah and Maine.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Ohio next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Ohio.
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3,527 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 29.6 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 32nd among the 50 states and DC per person and 13th by total count.
513 (Cincinnati, Ohio) was named on 122 complaints, 9% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 614 (Columbus, Ohio) with 90 and 330 (Akron, Canton and Youngstown, Ohio) with 82.
About half do. 52% of the complaints that named a US area code carried an Ohio code, against 50% across the country. After Ohio, the area codes named most belonged to New York (58), California (54) and Kentucky (50). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
31% were about prerecorded calls, 32% about a live caller and 18% about text messages, and 18% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Ohio filed 1,225 complaints in July to September 2026, 27% more than the 962 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 Ohio (11,900,510 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Ohio ranks 32nd per person and 13th 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/ohio
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