From Wikipedia:
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.
-----Original Message-----
From: inowen-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:inowen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Jo Cluck
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:08 AM
To: inowen(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] ss number
Yes, each state is given a certain set of starting numbers, i.e, Illinois
300 - to ?
Washington 500 to ?, etc.
John Ragle <togmv232(a)crocker.com> wrote:
Tblsugr(a)aol.com wrote:
My son called me from Texas. Seems he was wacthing TV and heard that
your ss
number has something to do with where you are born? Know anything about
that? Would be nice tool for research if he ehard right.
Vickie
The prefix numbers, that is, the first 3 numbers, tell you where your
social security number was issued. Sometimes this is the
same place as you were born, but sometimes not. Children who start to
work as minors in part-time jobs often have SS
numbers issued in their place of birth because that is where they are
first working...This would be a nice tool for genealogy,
but not totally reliable. The SS Death Index is also a good tool, as
long as the bearer of the number is qualified.
JLR
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