Do Not Call Registry Data Book 2018: California

Complaints by County


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Map of California counties indicating relative number of complaints from low to high. See attached CSV file for complaint data by jurisdiction.

 

 

Complaints by Topic*

Graph of Do Not Call complaints by topic in the current fiscal year. The topic with the most complaints was reducing debt with 82,857 complaints, followed by imposters with 58,095 complaints and medical and prescription with 44,347 complaints. Note: not everyone who files a complaint reports a topic.

 

 

State Totals

Complaints:747,829(#13 nationally, per 100K population)
Active Registrations:26,447,425(42 nationally, per 100K population)

 

 

Complaints by Fiscal Year

Graph of Do Not Call complaints recorded in California from fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2018. In 2014 there were 493,458 complaints filed, which steadily increased to peak at 824,627 in 2017. In 2018 there were 747,829 complaints filed, fewer than 2017.

 

 

Active Registrations by Fiscal Year

Graph of active Do Not Call registrations in California each fiscal year from 2014 to 2018. In 2014 there were 24.7 million numbers registered, which increased steadily each year. In 2018 there were 26.4 million numbers registered.

 

 

Complaints by Call Type

Pie chart of Do Not Call complaints by Call Type in the current fiscal year. The largest portion was robocall at 481,761, followed by live caller at 256,322, and call type not reported at 9,746.