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You can find out what the first three numbers mean at this web site http://www.socialsecurity.gov/foia/stateweb.html
Thought many of you could use this.
Since 1973, social security numbers have been issued by our central office. The first three (3) digits of a person's social security number are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on the application for a social security number. Prior to 1973, social security numbers were assigned by our field offices. The number merely established that his/her card was issued by one of our offices in that State. See also High Group List of SSN's.
THIS DATA IS STRICTLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES
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The chart below shows the first 3 digits of the social security numbers assigned throughout the United States and its possessions. See "Note" at bottom of page.
001-003 New Hampshire
004-007 Maine
008-009 Vermont
010-034 Massachusetts
035-039 Rhode Island
040-049 Connecticut
050-134 New York
135-158 New Jersey
159-211 Pennsylvania
212-220 Maryland
221-222 Delaware
223-231 Virginia
691-699*
232-236 West Virginia
232 North Carolina
237-246
681-690
247-251 South Carolina
654-658
252-260 Georgia
667-675
261-267 Florida
589-595
766-772
268-302 Ohio
303-317 Indiana
318-361 Illinois
362-386 Michigan
387-399 Wisconsin
400-407 Kentucky
408-415 Tennessee
756-763*
416-424 Alabama
425-428 Mississippi
587-588
752-755*
429-432 Arkansas
676-679
433-439 Louisiana
659-665
440-448 Oklahoma
449-467 Texas
627-645
468-477 Minnesota
478-485 Iowa
486-500 Missouri
501-502 North Dakota
503-504 South Dakota
505-508 Nebraska
509-515 Kansas
516-517 Montana
518-519 Idaho
520 Wyoming
521-524 Colorado
650-653
525,585 New Mexico
648-649
526-527 Arizona
600-601
764-765
528-529 Utah
646-647
530 Nevada
680
531-539 Washington
540-544 Oregon
545-573 California
602-626
574 Alaska
575-576 Hawaii
750-751*
577-579 District of Columbia
580 Virgin Islands
580-584 Puerto Rico
596-599
586 Guam
586 American Samoa
586 Philippine Islands
700-728 Railroad Board**
729-733 Enumeration at Entry
NOTE: The same area, when shown more than once, means that certain numbers have been transferred from one State to another, or that an area has been divided for use among certain geographic locations.
Any number beginning with 000 will NEVER be a valid SSN.
The information in our records about an individual is confidential by law and cannot be disclosed except in certain very restricted cases permitted by regulations.
* = New areas allocated, but not yet issued
** 700-728 Issuance of these numbers to railroad employees was discontinued July 1, 1963.
George
Ida Kretschmar <famgram(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
-------Original Message-------
From: Ida Kretschmar
Date: 03/25/05 18:14:40
To: ROOTS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Learn person's birthplace by using Social Security number?
Hello All....Is it possible to learn a person's birthplace by using that person's social security number if not listed in death index? If so how would one go about it? In one instance the number was issued to an infant. Appreciate any comments. Ida