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How many spam calls do people in Pennsylvania report? They filed 5,279 FCC complaints in 12 months, 13th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Pennsylvania filed 5,279 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 40.4 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 13th among the 50 states and DC. Complaints in July to September 2026 (2,244) ran 91% above January to March 2026 (1,176), against a rise of 28% for the whole country.
- 5,279unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Pennsylvania, October 2025 to September 2026
- 40.4complaints for every 100,000 residents, 13th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 412the area code people there named most, on 152 complaints (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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 Pennsylvania reported area code 412 most, and 6 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Pennsylvania.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Pennsylvania 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 823 of the 1,887 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Pennsylvania? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 412 | PittsburghIn Pennsylvania | Yes | 152 |
| 2 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 112 |
| 3 | 717 | Harrisburg, Lancaster and YorkIn Pennsylvania | Yes | 93 |
| 4 | 610 | Allentown, Reading and the Philadelphia suburbsIn Pennsylvania | Yes | 81 |
| 5 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 76 |
| 6 | 724 | Greensburg and the communities around PittsburghIn Pennsylvania | Yes | 71 |
| 7 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 62 |
| 8 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 61 |
| 9 | 570 | Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and WilliamsportIn Pennsylvania | Yes | 58 |
| 10 | 267 | PhiladelphiaIn Pennsylvania | Yes | 57 |
Monthly complaints from Pennsylvania rose from 314 in May to 938 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 Pennsylvania by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Pennsylvania per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Pennsylvania
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 244 |
| December 2025 | 341 |
| January 2026 | 387 |
| February 2026 | 354 |
| March 2026 | 435 |
| April 2026 | 543 |
| May 2026 | 314 |
| June 2026 | 415 |
| July 2026 | 580 |
| August 2026 | 938 |
| September 2026 | 726 |
Prerecorded calls are the biggest group of complaints from Pennsylvania, at 41% against 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 5,279 complaints from Pennsylvania split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Pennsylvania
How the 5,279 complaints from Pennsylvania split.
- Prerecorded call41% · 2,164 complaints
- Live caller23% · 1,211 complaints
- Text message11% · 600 complaints
- Kind not stated25% · 1,304 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 Pennsylvania reported carry a Pennsylvania area code, 687 of 1,430 (48%), against 50% across the country.
Of 1,887 complaints that gave a caller ID, 687 named a Pennsylvania code, 743 a code from another state, 411 a toll-free code and 46 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Pennsylvania reported came from
Where the 1,887 caller ID numbers from Pennsylvania came from.
- Pennsylvania area codes36% · 687 complaints
- Other states' area codes39% · 743 complaints
- Toll-free codes22% · 411 complaints
- Other or not assigned2% · 46 complaints
After Pennsylvania, people there named New York, California and Florida codes most.
Pennsylvania ranks 13th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Georgia and Massachusetts.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Pennsylvania next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Pennsylvania.
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5,279 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 40.4 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 13th among the 50 states and DC per person and fifth by total count.
412 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was named on 152 complaints, 8% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 833 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 112 and 717 (Harrisburg, Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania) with 93.
About half do. 48% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Pennsylvania code, against 50% across the country. After Pennsylvania, the area codes named most belonged to New York (86), California (66) and Florida (56). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
41% were about prerecorded calls, 23% about a live caller and 11% about text messages, and 25% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Pennsylvania filed 2,244 complaints in July to September 2026, 91% more than the 1,176 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 Pennsylvania (13,059,432 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Pennsylvania ranks 13th per person and fifth 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/pennsylvania
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