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Robocalls in Kentucky

Kentucky consumers have filed 16,259 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,900 different phone numbers between 2014-01-22 and 2026-11-03 — 1.6% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 19 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 11% on the 12 months before that.

16,259
FCC complaints
11,760
FTC DNC reports
3,369
FTC reports, last 30 days
#19
National rank (FCC)

What Kentucky residents are reporting

11,760 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Kentucky since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 28%. 74% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified4,07135%
  • Debt reduction3,33428%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,35412%
  • No subject given8888%
  • Dropped call / no message8377%
  • Medical & prescriptions8337%
  • Warranties & protection plans1992%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 10am and 1pm; 92% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

3,370 complaints from Kentucky in the last four weeks, down 1% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Kentucky

40% of the calls Kentucky residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 44% showed a Kentucky area code of any kind. 19% 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 code4,66640%
  • Another Kentucky area code4934%
  • Toll-free number2,26319%
  • Out-of-state area code4,33837%

Area codes on the calls

  • 502 (Kentucky)1,86316%
  • 270 (Kentucky)1,62314%
  • 859 (Kentucky)1,1029%
  • 606 (Kentucky)5254%
  • 8335064%
  • 8774043%

Kentucky 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 Kentucky residents since Jul 24.

Map of Kentucky counties coloured by area code: 270/364, 606, 859, 502
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
5023,8581,863
8593,1011,102
270 · 3642,4801,669
6061,063525

Likely campaigns reaching Kentucky

12% of Kentucky'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.

Kentucky complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Kentucky 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 Kentucky

The displayed area code of numbers reported by Kentucky consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached Kentucky

Prerecorded Voice
5,809
Abandoned Calls
5,475
Live Voice
4,330
Text Message
586
Autodialed Live Voice Call
37
Wired
8,208
Wireless (cell phone)
6,765
Internet (VOIP)
1,279

Numbers Kentucky residents reported this month

The numbers Kentucky consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 3,369 reports in all, 533 of them this week; 74% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Kentucky residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    1,275
  • Debt reduction
    855
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    461
  • No subject given
    336
  • Dropped call / no message
    170
  • Medical & prescriptions
    152
  • Warranties & protection plans
    49
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    23

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Kentucky consumers

Ranked by how many Kentucky FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Kentucky reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Do Not Call protection in Kentucky

Kentucky formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

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 Kentucky, the Kentucky 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.

Kentucky robocall FAQs

What are Kentucky robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Kentucky residents filed 11,760 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 28% of complaints, and 74% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Kentucky using local numbers?

Often. 40% of the calls Kentucky residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 44% showed a Kentucky area code of any kind; 19% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Kentucky?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 10am and 1pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Kentucky residents file?

Kentucky consumers have filed 16,259 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,900 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-22 to 2026-11-03. That is 1.6% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Kentucky 19 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Kentucky have its own Do Not Call list?

Kentucky formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

Where do the calls reported in Kentucky 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 Kentucky may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Kentucky 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 Kentucky?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Kentucky, accounting for 5,809 of the 16,259 complaints (36%). Abandoned Calls is second with 5,475.

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.