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Robocalls In Your State
Robocalls are on the rise across the US. Nearly half the calls made from US cell phones in 2019 were spam according to a report from the Federal Communications Commission.
Using data from the Federal Trade Commission’s National Not Call Registry, Provision Living analyzed robocall complaints in every state to identify which where robocalls are happening the most. In the report they analyze which states had the most robocalls in 2019 as well as the states with the most robocalls since 2015.
Here’s what they found:
In 2019, Colorado was the hardest-hit state in terms of receiving the most robocalls. Residents in the Rocky Mountain state filed 130,640 robocall complaints, or 2,403 robocalls per capita.
Neighboring Arizona was No. 2 with 158,549 robocall complaints, or 2,328 per capita.
Nationwide, robocalls have seen an average annual increase of 14% since 2015.
During that same time, Indiana, North Dakota and Washington D.C. have increased more than double the national average at 35%, 33% and 27%, respectively.
