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Do people in Wisconsin report fewer spam calls than most states? They filed 1,393 FCC complaints in 12 months, sixth fewest per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in Wisconsin filed 1,393 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 23.3 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 46th among the 50 states and DC. Complaints in July to September 2026 (564) ran 89% above January to March 2026 (298), against a rise of 28% for the whole country.
- 1,393unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in Wisconsin, October 2025 to September 2026
- 23.3complaints for every 100,000 residents, 46th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 715the area code people there named most, on 53 complaints (Eau Claire, Wausau and northern Wisconsin)
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 Wisconsin reported area code 715 most, and 5 of the 10 busiest area codes are in Wisconsin.
Each row counts the complaints from people in Wisconsin 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 304 of the 501 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In Wisconsin? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 715 | Eau Claire, Wausau and northern WisconsinIn Wisconsin | Yes | 53 |
| 2 | 414 | MilwaukeeIn Wisconsin | Yes | 46 |
| 3 | 608 | Madison and southwestern WisconsinIn Wisconsin | Yes | 44 |
| 4 | 920 | Green Bay, Appleton and northeastern WisconsinIn Wisconsin | Yes | 44 |
| 5 | 262 | Waukesha, Racine and KenoshaIn Wisconsin | Yes | 42 |
| 6 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 18 |
| 7 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 18 |
| 8 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 14 |
| 9 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 14 |
| 10 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 11 |
Monthly complaints from Wisconsin rose from 92 in February to 209 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 Wisconsin by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from Wisconsin per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from Wisconsin
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 78 |
| December 2025 | 97 |
| January 2026 | 109 |
| February 2026 | 92 |
| March 2026 | 97 |
| April 2026 | 104 |
| May 2026 | 117 |
| June 2026 | 135 |
| July 2026 | 195 |
| August 2026 | 209 |
| September 2026 | 160 |
Prerecorded calls still lead the complaints from Wisconsin at 34%, below the 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 1,393 complaints from Wisconsin split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in Wisconsin
How the 1,393 complaints from Wisconsin split.
- Prerecorded call34% · 479 complaints
- Live caller30% · 415 complaints
- Text message17% · 241 complaints
- Kind not stated19% · 258 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 Wisconsin reported carry a Wisconsin area code, 230 of 401 (57%), against 50% across the country.
Of 501 complaints that gave a caller ID, 230 named a Wisconsin code, 171 a code from another state, 91 a toll-free code and 9 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in Wisconsin reported came from
Where the 501 caller ID numbers from Wisconsin came from.
Wisconsin ranks 46th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between Minnesota and West Virginia.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
Wisconsin next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to Wisconsin.
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1,393 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 23.3 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 46th among the 50 states and DC per person and 23rd by total count.
715 (Eau Claire, Wausau and northern Wisconsin) was named on 53 complaints, 11% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 414 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) with 46 and 608 (Madison and southwestern Wisconsin) with 44.
Mostly. 57% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a Wisconsin code, against 50% across the country. After Wisconsin, the area codes named most belonged to California (20), Texas (15) and Illinois (13). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
34% were about prerecorded calls, 30% about a live caller and 17% about text messages, and 19% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in Wisconsin filed 564 complaints in July to September 2026, 89% more than the 298 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 Wisconsin (5,972,787 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why Wisconsin ranks 46th per person and 23rd 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/wisconsin
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