They definitely do b/c our law school did small groups by SSNs and most of the kids in the small sections were from the same states.
Oh, they do (or, at least, did when we were born). But I was kidding (see the personal info thread).
Interesting that they did your small groups by SSN.
Here's how they work:
SSN Area Number Location 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 232 North Carolina 232-236 West Virginia 237-246 Not Issued 247-251 South Carolina 252-260 Georgia 261-267 Florida 268-302 Ohio 303-317 Indiana 318-361 Illinois 362-386 Michigan 387-399 Wisconsin 400-407 Kentucky 408-415 Tennessee 416-424 Alabama 425-428 Mississippi 429-432 Arkansas 433-439 Louisiana 440-448 Oklahoma 449-467 Texas 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 525,585 New Mexico 526-527 Arizona 528-529 Utah 530,680 Nevada 531-539 Washington 540-544 Oregon 545-573 California 574 Alaska 575-576 Hawaii 577-579 District of Columbia 580 Virgin Islands 580-584 Puerto Rico 586 Guam 586 American Samoa 586 Philippine Islands 587-665 Not Issued 667-679 Not Issued 681-690 Not Issued 691-699 Not Issued 700-728 Railroad Board** 729-733 Enumeration at Entry 750-772 Not Issued
Post by mainelyfoolish on Dec 19, 2014 8:57:05 GMT -5
I was a little disappointed when SSA stopped doing the geographical numbers in between when my DD and DS were born. My DD has a 007 number; my DS has some other number I can't remember.
My brother and I are 4.5 years apart and our Social Security numbers are only different by one digit.
That's one hell of a coincidence!!! Not the last one, right?
Her parents probably applied for the numbers at the same time. There was a time when kids' SSNs didn't need to be on tax forms, so people didn't necessarily apply for then SSN when the kid was born.
Her parents probably applied for the numbers at the same time. There was a time when kids' SSNs didn't need to be on tax forms, so people didn't necessarily apply for then SSN when the kid was born.
I'll have to ask my Mom. But there is another brother between us and his is nothing like mine. I would assume that if she did them together, she would've done all three together, but what do I know
I saw your update that it's not the last digit. Maybe it is just a wacky coincidence!
Well now I'm going to ask my mom a few questions. My SSN doesn't correspond with the state I thought she got my SSN in. We lived in the state my SSN came from, but I wasn't an infant.
My parents ss#s are actually 1 number apart (the last number, so consecutive numbers). I always find that stat crazy especially since they were born 4 months apart. What are the odds?
My parents ss#s are actually 1 number apart (the last number, so consecutive numbers). I always find that stat crazy especially since they were born 4 months apart. What are the odds?
My number matches the list. It starts with a 0. I've actually had people question my SS# because I mostly grew up in Ohio and they didn't believe that a SS# could start with a 0. I've even had people ask if I was an American citizen because of this.
There is a whole system to how they are/were assigned. When I was in college I worked for a very small debt collection agency, and we had a book that helped us identify fraudulent/incorrect SS numbers and that was part of my job.
I found out mine was fraudulent. My mom had never given me my card, she just wrote it down on a piece of paper. Family drama ensued! Long story short, she didn't bother to change my last name with SS when my dad adopted me, but they wanted to hide this fact from me and especially from my sister, so she refused to give me the card.
My brother and I were born at the same hospital and have the same first 5 digits. So I always assumed there were certain numbers for each hospital (could be city though, I guess).
Mine & Calvin's both match up with where we were born. I don't know anybody else's in my family.
Don't the middle 2 digits have some meaning too? Or am I imagining that?
Here is the explanation, but don't ask me what it means
Group Number
Within each area, the group number (middle two (2) digits) range from 01 to 99 but are not assigned in consecutive order. For administrative reasons, group numbers issued first consist of the ODD numbers from 01 through 09 and then EVEN numbers from 10 through 98, within each area number allocated to a State. After all numbers in group 98 of a particular area have been issued, the EVEN Groups 02 through 08 are used, followed by ODD Groups 11 through 99.
Group numbers are assigned as follows: ODD - 01, 03, 05, 07, 09------EVEN - 10 to 98 EVEN - 02, 04, 06, 08------ODD - 11 to 99
Well now I'm going to ask my mom a few questions. My SSN doesn't correspond with the state I thought she got my SSN in. We lived in the state my SSN came from, but I wasn't an infant.
I was born out of the country, moved to Oregon when I was 5 and then Maryland when I was 6. My SSN is for Maryland. So, I can only assume it can also be assigned based on where you lived when you applied for it.
My two brothers (born 16 months apart) have very similar SS#s too - I think only one or two digits are different. But I'm about 2.5 years older than the oldest one and ours are very different.
My parents ss#s are actually 1 number apart (the last number, so consecutive numbers). I always find that stat crazy especially since they were born 4 months apart. What are the odds?
Mind blown. They must have applied on their own, after meeting, right? Have you asked about this?
I don't know my dad's entire SSN, only the first 3 numbers, but it's nowhere near my mother's. I know my mother's, my sister's, DH's, and DS's.
They definitely do b/c our law school did small groups by SSNs and most of the kids in the small sections were from the same states.
My law school was the same way - section 1 was all the kids from NE!
Now I'm trying to remember who was in my section to figure out if there is any rhyme or reason! My legal writing group (which was a maybe 15-person subsection of my section) included all 3 students from my undergrad (two born in NJ, one born in NY -- undergrad wasn't in either of those states). But I just assumed they put us together into the secret remedial group because we went to a middling college
Post by UnderProtest on Dec 19, 2014 10:15:15 GMT -5
My twins have vastly different numbers. Now I'm going to have to look to see if they fit the chart. I never knew the first three digits corresponded to where the SSN was issued. That's kind of cool.
Well now I'm going to ask my mom a few questions. My SSN doesn't correspond with the state I thought she got my SSN in. We lived in the state my SSN came from, but I wasn't an infant.
My situation is the exact same.
My brother and I, who are 4 years apart and were born in different states, have the same first 6 numbers.
According to what v posted, my SS number is from the state that we lived in when I was 6 and my brother was 10.
Of course, this was 30+ years ago, so perhaps things have changed as the population has increased.
For some of is, it is not dependent on where you were born, but where you live when you got your ss#. I didn't get mine until I was 16, it wasn't necessary until then.
Because of this, me and my sister (born in IN) and brother (FL) all have 112 prefixes as we lived in NY at the time. There are 7 years between us, but we all got our # at the same time, and all the numbers are fairly close together....within a couple hundred.
My twins have vastly different numbers. Now I'm going to have to look to see if they fit the chart. I never knew the first three digits corresponded to where the SSN was issued. That's kind of cool.
Mine says not issued. It was issued to me! And my H's, though he was born in a different state, is only on digit off (in the first three numbers) than mine. His parents must have applied here.
Post by sometimesrunner on Dec 19, 2014 10:59:30 GMT -5
Yes, they're randomized now. My dad is from the east coast and now lives in the midwest. He's been told on more than one occasion that his SSN was "wrong" because they'd never seen one that started with a 1 before.
Q18: Is there any significance to the numbers assigned in the Social Security Number?
A: Yes. Originally, the first three digits are assigned by the geographical region in which the person was residing at the time he/she obtained a number. Generally, numbers were assigned beginning in the northeast and moving westward. So people on the east coast have the lowest numbers and those on the west coast have the highest numbers. The remaining six digits in the number are more or less randomly assigned and were organized to facilitate the early manual bookkeeping operations associated with the creation of Social Security in the 1930s.
Beginning on June 25, 2011, the SSA implemented a new assignment methodology for Social Security Numbers. The project is a forward looking initiative of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to help protect the integrity of the SSN by establishing a new randomized assignment methodology. SSN Randomization will also extend the longevity of the nine-digit SSN nationwide.
For more information on the randomization of Social Security Numbers, please visit this website: