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Robocalls in Louisiana

Louisiana consumers have filed 10,190 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 9,285 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-10-23 — 1.0% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 31 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 79% on the 12 months before that.

10,190
FCC complaints
9,413
FTC DNC reports
2,560
FTC reports, last 30 days
#31
National rank (FCC)

What Louisiana residents are reporting

9,413 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Louisiana since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 22%. 77% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified3,26935%
  • Debt reduction2,04422%
  • Dropped call / no message1,30014%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,16312%
  • Medical & prescriptions7418%
  • No subject given5075%
  • Warranties & protection plans1492%

When the calls come (as reported)

30% between 10am and 1pm; 96% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

2,975 complaints from Louisiana in the last four weeks, down 3% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Louisiana

46% of the calls Louisiana residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 51% showed a Louisiana 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 code4,32646%
  • Another Louisiana area code4855%
  • Toll-free number1,40515%
  • Out-of-state area code3,19734%

Area codes on the calls

  • 985 (Louisiana)1,42215%
  • 318 (Louisiana)1,12312%
  • 225 (Louisiana)90310%
  • 504 (Louisiana)7388%
  • 337 (Louisiana)6257%
  • 8333293%

Louisiana 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 Louisiana residents since Jul 24.

Map of Louisiana counties coloured by area code: 318/457, 337, 225, 985, 504
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
9852,3631,422
318 · 4571,8291,123
5041,778738
2251,528903
3371,383625

Likely campaigns reaching Louisiana

9% of Louisiana'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.

Louisiana complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Louisiana 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 Louisiana

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

How the calls reached Louisiana

Prerecorded Voice
5,229
Live Voice
2,904
Abandoned Calls
1,339
Text Message
651
Autodialed Live Voice Call
40
Email
2
Wireless (cell phone)
5,168
Wired
2,984
Internet (VOIP)
2,027

Numbers Louisiana residents reported this month

The numbers Louisiana consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 2,560 reports in all, 351 of them this week; 77% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Louisiana residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    835
  • Debt reduction
    720
  • Dropped call / no message
    423
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    215
  • No subject given
    157
  • Medical & prescriptions
    128
  • Warranties & protection plans
    29
  • Work-from-home / make money
    15

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Louisiana consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Louisiana

Louisiana is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Louisiana numbers are expected to check both lists. Registering on the federal list at donotcall.gov is free and never expires; the state list is administered separately and may have its own registration process and renewal period.

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 Louisiana, the Louisiana 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.

Louisiana robocall FAQs

What are Louisiana robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Louisiana residents filed 9,413 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 22% of complaints, and 77% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Louisiana using local numbers?

Often. 46% of the calls Louisiana residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 51% showed a Louisiana 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 Louisiana?

30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 10am and 1pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Louisiana residents file?

Louisiana consumers have filed 10,190 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 9,285 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-10-23. That is 1.0% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Louisiana 31 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Louisiana have its own Do Not Call list?

Louisiana is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Louisiana numbers are expected to check both lists. Registering on the federal list at donotcall.gov is free and never expires; the state list is administered separately and may have its own registration process and renewal period.

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Louisiana, accounting for 5,229 of the 10,190 complaints (51%). Live Voice is second with 2,904.

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.