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Robocalls in Texas

Texas consumers have filed 77,494 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 64,559 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-11-03 — 7.7% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 2 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 32% on the 12 months before that.

77,494
FCC complaints
63,570
FTC DNC reports
16,974
FTC reports, last 30 days
#2
National rank (FCC)

What Texas residents are reporting

63,570 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Texas since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 16%. 73% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified26,72242%
  • Debt reduction10,44916%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)8,01913%
  • Medical & prescriptions6,20910%
  • No subject given4,7297%
  • Dropped call / no message4,2257%
  • Warranties & protection plans1,1222%

When the calls come (as reported)

29% between 2pm and 5pm; 94% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

17,031 complaints from Texas in the last four weeks, down 8% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Texas

47% of the calls Texas residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 60% showed a Texas area code of any kind. 11% 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 code29,76047%
  • Another Texas area code8,39113%
  • Toll-free number7,05911%
  • Out-of-state area code18,36029%

Area codes on the calls

  • 713 (Texas)2,9475%
  • 817 (Texas)2,8965%
  • 281 (Texas)2,8164%
  • 214 (Texas)2,6944%
  • 832 (Texas)2,5424%
  • 512 (Texas)2,3804%

Texas 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 Texas residents since Jul 24.

Map of Texas counties coloured by area code: 806, 430/903, 325, 830, 940, 432, 361, 254, 936, 979, 409, 512/737, 956, 214/469/945/972, 682/817, 281/346/621/713/832, 915, 210/726
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
281 · 346 · 621 · 713 · 83214,7679,384
214 · 469 · 945 · 97212,2557,294
682 · 8176,3083,671
512 · 7374,6942,906
210 · 7263,7282,211
430 · 9032,5861,980
4092,0361,658
2541,7011,255
3611,4411,085
8061,401924
9151,248756
9561,050702
9401,031868
830968869
936875691
979794569
325767606
432747722

Likely campaigns reaching Texas

6% of Texas'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.

Texas complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Texas 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 Texas

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

How the calls reached Texas

Prerecorded Voice
34,125
Live Voice
25,735
Abandoned Calls
11,752
Text Message
5,416
Autodialed Live Voice Call
375
Email
12
Wireless (cell phone)
48,589
Wired
19,166
Internet (VOIP)
9,699

Numbers Texas residents reported this month

The numbers Texas consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 16,974 reports in all, 2,877 of them this week; 73% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Texas residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    7,224
  • Debt reduction
    3,114
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    2,203
  • Medical & prescriptions
    1,412
  • No subject given
    1,143
  • Dropped call / no message
    988
  • Warranties & protection plans
    329
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    168

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Texas consumers

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

Recently reported by Texas consumers

Numbers with the newest Texas complaints in the last 12 months — the campaigns calling Texas right now, not the historical leaders above.

Do Not Call protection in Texas

Texas is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Texas 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 Texas, the Texas 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.

Texas robocall FAQs

What are Texas robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Texas residents filed 63,570 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 16% of complaints, and 73% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Texas using local numbers?

Often. 47% of the calls Texas residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 60% showed a Texas area code of any kind; 11% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Texas?

29% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 2pm and 5pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Texas residents file?

Texas consumers have filed 77,494 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 64,559 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 7.7% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Texas 2 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Texas have its own Do Not Call list?

Texas is one of the states that maintains its own Do Not Call registry alongside the federal National Do Not Call Registry, so telemarketers calling Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Texas 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 Texas?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Texas, accounting for 34,125 of the 77,494 complaints (44%). Live Voice is second with 25,735.

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.