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How many spam calls do people in South Carolina report? They filed 2,303 FCC complaints in 12 months, 11th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in South Carolina filed 2,303 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 41.3 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 11th among the 50 states and DC. Only 33% of the 690 numbers people reported with a US area code carried one from South Carolina, against 50% across the country.
- 2,303unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in South Carolina, October 2025 to September 2026
- 41.3complaints for every 100,000 residents, 11th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 843the area code people there named most, on 78 complaints (Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the South Carolina coast)
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 South Carolina reported area code 843 most, and 3 of the 10 busiest area codes are in South Carolina.
Each row counts the complaints from people in South Carolina whose caller ID started with that code. 6 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 352 of the 838 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In South Carolina? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 843 | Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the South Carolina coastIn South Carolina | Yes | 78 |
| 2 | 803 | Columbia, Rock Hill and AikenIn South Carolina | Yes | 69 |
| 3 | 864 | Greenville, Spartanburg and AndersonIn South Carolina | Yes | 65 |
| 4 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 33 |
| 5 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 22 |
| 6 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 21 |
| 7 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 19 |
| 8 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 16 |
| 9 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 16 |
| 10 | 412 | Pittsburgh, PAIn PA | No, PA | 13 |
Monthly complaints from South Carolina rose from 151 in December to 369 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 South Carolina by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from South Carolina per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from South Carolina
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 100 |
| December 2025 | 151 |
| January 2026 | 162 |
| February 2026 | 200 |
| March 2026 | 205 |
| April 2026 | 163 |
| May 2026 | 243 |
| June 2026 | 239 |
| July 2026 | 229 |
| August 2026 | 369 |
| September 2026 | 242 |
Prerecorded calls still lead the complaints from South Carolina at 35%, below the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 2,303 complaints from South Carolina split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in South Carolina
How the 2,303 complaints from South Carolina split.
- Prerecorded call35% · 799 complaints
- Live caller22% · 508 complaints
- Text message19% · 446 complaints
- Kind not stated24% · 550 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 South Carolina reported carry a South Carolina area code, 228 of 690 (33%), against 50% across the country.
Of 838 complaints that gave a caller ID, 228 named a South Carolina code, 462 a code from another state, 132 a toll-free code and 16 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in South Carolina reported came from
Where the 838 caller ID numbers from South Carolina came from.
- South Carolina area codes27% · 228 complaints
- Other states' area codes55% · 462 complaints
- Toll-free codes16% · 132 complaints
- Other or not assigned2% · 16 complaints
After South Carolina, people there named Florida, New York and Texas codes most.
South Carolina ranks 11th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Florida and Georgia.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
South Carolina next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to South Carolina.
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2,303 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 41.3 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 11th among the 50 states and DC per person and 19th by total count.
843 (Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the South Carolina coast) was named on 78 complaints, 9% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 803 (Columbia, Rock Hill and Aiken, South Carolina) with 69 and 864 (Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson, South Carolina) with 65.
Not mostly. 33% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a South Carolina code, against 50% across the country. After South Carolina, the area codes named most belonged to Florida (41), New York (37) and Texas (36). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
35% were about prerecorded calls, 22% about a live caller and 19% about text messages, and 24% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in South Carolina filed 840 complaints in July to September 2026, 48% more than the 567 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 South Carolina (5,570,274 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why South Carolina ranks 11th per person and 19th 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/south-carolina
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