Post by Velar Fricative on Dec 19, 2014 11:29:50 GMT -5
My brother and I are one number apart (last digit), but we got them at the same time when we were around 8 and 10 and from this thread now I know why my parents were able to wait so long to get us SSNs!
We have NJ numbers because we got them within the only two years of our lives we lived in NJ (we've lived in NY all other years).
DD's number is so random. I was all WTF when we got her card in the mail but I did Google that day to discover why.
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.
This right here. B/c my mom who didn't become a US citizen until way after I was born is only 7 digits off from one
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.
My brother and I are 4.5 years apart and our Social Security numbers are only different by one digit.
I am one of 6 and at least the oldest 3 of us, but I think even the 4th, all of our first 5 numbers are the same and the last four are very close, one or two digits off
Post by midnightmare81 on Dec 19, 2014 13:05:11 GMT -5
Interesting. Mine is a NJ # even though I was born in CA and didn't move to NJ until I was 9months old. My parents put in for mine right away when still in CA. H's is a PA #. He was born in a hospital in NJ but lived in PA until he was a 1yr old. IL's didn't put in for his until well after they moved to NJ.
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
I'm guessing this is the first 3 of a SSN? Mine is one of the "not issued" Also, my son, ex, and h were all born in the same city. Their first 3 are sequential by their age i.e. H is oldest and 315, ex is 316 and s is 317 but not those numbers
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.
This makes sense for me because we moved when I was 9 months old and my number is reflective of the state we moved to not the state I was born in. Very interesting!
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.
This makes sense for me because we moved when I was 9 months old and my number is reflective of the state we moved to not the state I was born in. Very interesting!
These days, and since the IRS has been requiring SS# for children that are dependents on tax records, your SS# is now given out around the time of birth (so it is very likely you are living in the area where you were born). However, this need has only been in existence since 1986, when tax laws were changed. So those of us who were born before usually did not get one until it was needed. For me, I remember it being necessary for my college applications so I was 16 at the time. When my mom went to get me mine, she also got it for my 2 younger siblings.
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 almost a year old when my parents got my SSN and this was after we'd moved halfway across the country, so mine doesn't match where I was born.
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.
same here. I can see from the list that my parents waited until we were in GA to apply for a SS# for both sis & I. Our #'s are 2-digits off, as well. Which made my sis like 8 or 9 before she got a SS#. DS had his before he was 2 months old! Mama needs that # for TAXES!
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 have two siblings, my mom sent all three applications at the same time, and my brother (youngest) and I (oldest) are also off by one digit and my sister's(middle) is completely different. It is strange, but it happens .
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.
Mine either! Maybe I really was lucky enough to be adopted?
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.
Yeah, wasn't this in the 80s or something? 87 or 88? I didn't have a SS number until I was around 10. I can remember my dad tearing the house apart looking for our birth certificates and swearing.
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.
Yeah, wasn't this in the 80s or something? 87 or 88? I didn't have a SS number until I was around 10. I can remember my dad tearing the house apart looking for our birth certificates and swearing.
Makes sense because I was born in 87 and my brother 84, my mom probably got them both at the same time. It is the last number that's different but not 2,3 it's like a 1 and a 5
DH and I are both "not issued" and DD1 is wrong. DS1 is the only correct one since the youngest two were born post-randomization.
I'm "not issued" but H is correct- we were born 9 months apart in the same county.. I'm not sure off the top of my head but I think both of my kids are wrong, assuming so since you said there is "post randomization"
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
This is exactly my scenario. My youngest sister and I are one digit difference but our middle sister is completely different.
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.
Yup. My girls are 2 years apart and their SSNs are three numbers apart. I believe we applied for them both at the same time. They started making it more mandatory about 25 years ago. It used to be you didn't need an SSN until they were two years old. It started to become more necessary for children about the time my older one turned...two. We didn't apply when she was born but we applied for both at the same time her sister was born, since they were requiring SSNs for all children about that time.