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How many spam calls do people in Texas report? They filed 10,673 FCC complaints in 12 months, 22nd most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Texas filed 10,673 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 33.7 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 22nd among the 50 states and DC. 62% of the 3,688 numbers people reported with a US area code carried one from Texas, against 50% across the country.
- 10,673unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Texas, October 2025 to September 2026
- 33.7complaints for every 100,000 residents, 22nd of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 956the area code people there named most, on 297 complaints (Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville, Texas)
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 Texas reported area code 956 most, and 9 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Texas.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Texas whose caller ID started with that code. One code in the list is toll-free and belongs to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 1,641 of the 4,400 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Texas? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 956 | Laredo, McAllen and BrownsvilleIn Texas | Yes | 297 |
| 2 | 806 | Lubbock and AmarilloIn Texas | Yes | 194 |
| 3 | 512 | AustinIn Texas | Yes | 178 |
| 4 | 214 | DallasIn Texas | Yes | 164 |
| 5 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 157 |
| 6 | 817 | Fort Worth and ArlingtonIn Texas | Yes | 145 |
| 7 | 972 | Dallas, Plano and IrvingIn Texas | Yes | 145 |
| 8 | 469 | DallasIn Texas | Yes | 139 |
| 9 | 281 | Greater HoustonIn Texas | Yes | 112 |
| 10 | 832 | HoustonIn Texas | Yes | 110 |
Monthly complaints from Texas rose from 774 in December to 1,421 in September.
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 Texas by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Texas per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Texas
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 493 |
| December 2025 | 774 |
| January 2026 | 918 |
| February 2026 | 864 |
| March 2026 | 881 |
| April 2026 | 958 |
| May 2026 | 905 |
| June 2026 | 1,062 |
| July 2026 | 1,144 |
| August 2026 | 1,253 |
| September 2026 | 1,421 |
Prerecorded calls still lead the complaints from Texas 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 10,673 complaints from Texas split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Texas
How the 10,673 complaints from Texas split.
- Prerecorded call35% · 3,698 complaints
- Live caller27% · 2,895 complaints
- Text message19% · 2,020 complaints
- Kind not stated19% · 2,060 complaints
Across the country the split is prerecorded call 41%, live caller 26%, text message 15%, kind not stated 17%.
Most of the US numbers people in Texas reported carry a Texas area code, 2,281 of 3,688 (62%), against 50% across the country.
Of 4,400 complaints that gave a caller ID, 2,281 named a Texas code, 1,407 a code from another state, 583 a toll-free code and 129 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Texas reported came from
Where the 4,400 caller ID numbers from Texas came from.
- Texas area codes52% · 2,281 complaints
- Other states' area codes32% · 1,407 complaints
- Toll-free codes13% · 583 complaints
- Other or not assigned3% · 129 complaints
After Texas, people there named California, New York and Florida codes most.
Texas ranks 22nd of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Michigan and Oklahoma.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Texas next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Texas.
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10,673 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 33.7 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 22nd among the 50 states and DC per person and third by total count.
956 (Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville, Texas) was named on 297 complaints, 7% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 806 (Lubbock and Amarillo, Texas) with 194 and 512 (Austin, Texas) with 178.
Mostly. 62% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Texas code, against 50% across the country. After Texas, the area codes named most belonged to California (147), New York (124) and Florida (108). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
35% were about prerecorded calls, 27% about a live caller and 19% about text messages, and 19% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Texas filed 3,818 complaints in July to September 2026, 43% more than the 2,663 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 Texas (31,709,821 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Texas ranks 22nd per person and third 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/texas
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