Robocalls in Iowa
Iowa consumers have filed 12,014 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,330 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-07-16 — 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 26 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 17% on the 12 months before that.
Iowa complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Iowa consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.
Area codes most reported in Iowa
The displayed area code of numbers reported by Iowa consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
- 319IA2,510
- 712IA1,614
- 515IA1,062
- 563IA418
- 800NANP AREA358
- 641IA283
- 855NANP AREA142
- 202DC136
- 888NANP AREA131
- 866NANP AREA105
- 877NANP AREA104
- 833NANP AREA85
How the calls reached Iowa
- Prerecorded Voice
- 6,448
- Abandoned Calls
- 3,070
- Live Voice
- 2,043
- Text Message
- 397
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 47
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 7,478
- Wired
- 3,996
- Internet (VOIP)
- 535
Numbers most reported by Iowa consumers
Ranked by how many Iowa complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Iowa reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
- (319) 409-••••8 from IA · 2023-11-13
- (929) 735-••••3 from IA · 2025-01-29
- (712) 220-••••3 from IA · 2024-08-15
- (831) 293-••••3 from IA · 2024-05-16
- (515) 512-••••3 from IA · 2023-12-09
- (712) 216-••••3 from IA · 2023-08-31
- (877) 864-••••3 from IA · 2022-10-18
- (712) 225-••••3 from IA · 2022-07-14
- (515) 320-••••3 from IA · 2022-02-18
- (504) 420-••••3 from IA · 2021-11-23
- (515) 679-••••3 from IA · 2021-10-16
- (641) 863-••••3 from IA · 2021-10-05
- (646) 378-••••3 from IA · 2021-08-19
- (555) 555-••••2 from IA · 2026-05-23
- (503) 309-••••2 from IA · 2026-05-13
Do Not Call protection in Iowa
Iowa does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.
Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.
Iowa robocall FAQs
How many robocall complaints do Iowa residents file?
Iowa consumers have filed 12,014 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,330 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-07-16. That is 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Iowa 26 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does Iowa have its own Do Not Call list?
Iowa does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.
Where do the calls reported in Iowa come from?
The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in Iowa may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Iowa number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.
What kind of calls are reported most in Iowa?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Iowa, accounting for 6,448 of the 12,014 complaints (54%). Abandoned Calls is second with 3,070.
Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.