Robocalls in Minnesota

Minnesota consumers have filed 14,623 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,893 different phone numbers between 2014-04-20 and 2026-09-09 — 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 22 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 3% on the 12 months before that.

14,623

FCC complaints

3,162

FTC DNC reports

2,061

FTC reports, last 30 days

#22

National rank (FCC)

Minnesota complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

How the calls reached Minnesota

Prerecorded Voice: 7,365
Live Voice: 4,282
Abandoned Calls: 1,782
Text Message: 1,066
Autodialed Live Voice Call: 102
Email: 4

Wireless (cell phone): 8,753
Wired: 4,163
Internet (VOIP): 1,697

Numbers Minnesota residents reported this month

The numbers Minnesota consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 2,061 reports in all, 316 of them this week; 65% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Minnesota residents were called about this month

Other / unspecified
771
Debt reduction
442
No subject given
222
Impostor (government, business, family)
204
Dropped call / no message
195
Home improvement & cleaning
52
Warranties & protection plans
44
Medical & prescriptions
37

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Minnesota consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Minnesota

Minnesota 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.

Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.

Minnesota robocall FAQs

How many robocall complaints do Minnesota residents file?

Minnesota consumers have filed 14,623 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,893 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-04-20 to 2026-09-09. That is 1.5% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Minnesota 22 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Minnesota have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Minnesota, accounting for 7,365 of the 14,623 complaints (50%). Live Voice is second with 4,282.

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.