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How many spam calls do people in Oregon report? They filed 1,215 FCC complaints in 12 months, 36th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Oregon filed 1,215 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 28.4 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 36th among the 50 states and DC. The busiest month was August 2026, with 153 complaints.
- 1,215unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Oregon, October 2025 to September 2026
- 28.4complaints for every 100,000 residents, 36th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 503the area code people there named most, on 65 complaints (Portland and Salem, Oregon)
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 Oregon reported area code 503 most, and 4 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Oregon.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Oregon 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 250 of the 453 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Oregon? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 503 | Portland and SalemIn Oregon | Yes | 65 |
| 2 | 971 | Portland and SalemIn Oregon | Yes | 57 |
| 3 | 541 | Eugene and southern and eastern OregonIn Oregon | Yes | 54 |
| 4 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 18 |
| 5 | 502 | Louisville, KYIn KY | No, KY | 14 |
| 6 | 458 | Southern and eastern OregonIn Oregon | Yes | 13 |
| 7 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 9 |
| 8 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 8 |
| 9 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 6 |
| 10 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 6 |
Monthly complaints from Oregon rose from 84 in December to 153 in August.
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 Oregon by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Oregon per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Oregon
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 46 |
| December 2025 | 84 |
| January 2026 | 103 |
| February 2026 | 86 |
| March 2026 | 123 |
| April 2026 | 130 |
| May 2026 | 124 |
| June 2026 | 107 |
| July 2026 | 111 |
| August 2026 | 153 |
| September 2026 | 148 |
Live callers make up 31% of the complaints from Oregon, above the 26% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 1,215 complaints from Oregon split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Oregon
How the 1,215 complaints from Oregon split.
- Live caller31% · 380 complaints
- Prerecorded call30% · 363 complaints
- Text message23% · 278 complaints
- Kind not stated16% · 194 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 Oregon reported carry an Oregon area code, 189 of 396 (48%), against 50% across the country.
Of 453 complaints that gave a caller ID, 189 named an Oregon code, 207 a code from another state, 54 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 Oregon reported came from
Where the 453 caller ID numbers from Oregon came from.
Oregon ranks 36th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Rhode Island and Alaska.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Oregon next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Oregon.
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1,215 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 28.4 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 36th among the 50 states and DC per person and 27th by total count.
503 (Portland and Salem, Oregon) was named on 65 complaints, 14% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 971 (Portland and Salem, Oregon) with 57 and 541 (Eugene and southern and eastern Oregon) with 54.
About half do. 48% of the complaints that named a US area code carried an Oregon code, against 50% across the country. After Oregon, the area codes named most belonged to California (31), Kentucky (17) and Texas (15). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
30% were about prerecorded calls, 31% about a live caller and 23% about text messages, and 16% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Oregon filed 412 complaints in July to September 2026, 32% more than the 312 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 Oregon (4,273,586 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Oregon ranks 36th per person and 27th 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/oregon
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