[CHRISTMAS] SSN
by Ginger Christmas-Beattie
The Social Security number can provide valuable information. The first three digits represent the state where the individual first applied. Often this was where he or she was born. At least it is a place to begin a search for other records. Recent death certificates contain this number. Here is table of the codes and their respective states:
001-003 New Hampshire 440-448 Oklahoma
004-007 Maine 449-467 Texas
008-009 Vermont 468-477 Minnesota
010-034 Massachusetts 478-485 Iowa
035-039 Rhode Island 486-500 Missouri
040-049 Connecticut 501-502 North Dakota
050-134 New York 503-504 South Dakota
135-158 New Jersey 505-508 Nebraska
159-211 Pennsylvania 509-515 Kansas
212-220 Maryland 516-517 Montana
221-222 Delaware 518-519 Idaho
223-231 Virginia 520 Wyoming
232 West Virginia & North Carolina 521-524 Colorado
233-236 West Virginia 525 New Mexico
237-246 North Carolina 526-527 Arizona
247-251 South Carolina 528-529 Utah
252-260 Georgia 530 Nevada
261-267 Florida 531-539 Washington
268-302 Ohio 540-544 Oregon
303-317 Indiana 545-573 California
318-361 Illinois 574 Alaska
362-386 Michigan 575-576 Hawaii
387-399 Wisconsin 577-579 District of Columbia
400-407 Kentucky 580 Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico
408-415 Tennessee 581-584 Puerto Rico
416-424 Alabama 585 New Mexico
425-428 Mississippi 586 Guam, Philippines & America Samoa
429-432 Arkansas 587 Mississippi
433-439 Louisiana 700-728 Railroad Retirement Board (all States)
(You may have to copy this into a spreadsheet, and clean it up a bit if you want to print it.