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Robocalls in Iowa

Iowa consumers have filed 12,114 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,430 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-10-21 — 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 27 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 18% on the 12 months before that.

12,114
FCC complaints
6,680
FTC DNC reports
1,838
FTC reports, last 30 days
#27
National rank (FCC)

What Iowa residents are reporting

6,680 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Iowa since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 19%. 81% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified2,71341%
  • Debt reduction1,28819%
  • Dropped call / no message97815%
  • Medical & prescriptions5428%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)4957%
  • No subject given2634%
  • Warranties & protection plans1883%

When the calls come (as reported)

30% between 2pm and 5pm; 94% on weekdays, most on Thursdays.

Week by week

2,084 complaints from Iowa in the last four weeks, down 11% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Iowa

53% of the calls Iowa residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 57% showed a Iowa area code of any kind. 15% came from toll-free numbers. Robocallers display a local-looking number because people are more likely to answer one; the number on screen usually has nothing to do with who is calling. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code3,55853%
  • Another Iowa area code2334%
  • Toll-free number99015%
  • Out-of-state area code1,89928%

Area codes on the calls

  • 515 (Iowa)1,99430%
  • 319 (Iowa)63610%
  • 712 (Iowa)5038%
  • 641 (Iowa)3325%
  • 563 (Iowa)3265%
  • 8332604%

Iowa area codes

Each county is coloured by the area code that holds most of its phone prefixes. Overlay codes share one territory and one colour. Complaint counts are from Iowa residents since Jul 24.

Map of Iowa counties coloured by area code: 641, 712, 319, 563, 515
Built from NANPA prefix assignments and US Census Bureau county boundaries. Area codes follow exchange boundaries, so county colours are approximate at the edges.
Area codeResidents' complaintsCalls showing it
5153,1311,994
3191,024636
712852503
563654326
641557332

Likely campaigns reaching Iowa

7% of Iowa's FTC complaints in the campaign window match one of these statistical groupings: many numbers, the same complaint, the same pattern. They don't identify who is calling.

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.

How the calls reached Iowa

Prerecorded Voice
6,494
Abandoned Calls
3,070
Live Voice
2,082
Text Message
412
Autodialed Live Voice Call
47
Wireless (cell phone)
7,565
Wired
4,004
Internet (VOIP)
540

Numbers Iowa residents reported this month

The numbers Iowa consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 1,838 reports in all, 164 of them this week; 81% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Iowa residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    867
  • Debt reduction
    383
  • Dropped call / no message
    171
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    124
  • No subject given
    104
  • Medical & prescriptions
    99
  • Warranties & protection plans
    38
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    13

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Iowa consumers

Ranked by how many Iowa FCC 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.

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. In Iowa, the Iowa Attorney General also takes consumer complaints about scam calls.

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

What are Iowa robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Iowa residents filed 6,680 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 19% of complaints, and 81% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Iowa using local numbers?

Often. 53% of the calls Iowa residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 57% showed a Iowa area code of any kind; 15% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Iowa?

30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 2pm and 5pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Iowa residents file?

Iowa consumers have filed 12,114 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,430 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-10-21. That is 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Iowa 27 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 6,494 of the 12,114 complaints (54%). Abandoned Calls is second with 3,070.

Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly, and FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.