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Ever wonder what state someone's S.S# was issued in?
Here's how to tell.

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WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN:

The nine-digit Social Security number is divided
into three parts. The first three numbers generally
indicate the state of residence at the time a person
applies for his or her card.Originally, the lowest
numbers were assigned to the New England states,
and the numbers grew progressively higher in the
South and West. However, in recent years,
this geographical relationship has been disrupted
somewhat by the need to allocate numbers out of
sequence as state populations change.

The middle two digits of a Social Security number
have no special significance, but merely serve
no break the numbers into blocks of convenient
size. The last four characters represent a straight
numerial progression of assigned numbers.

SSA has issued more than 383 million Social
Security numbers, and about 6 million new
numbers are assigned each year. But even at this
rate, there will be no need to reissue the same
numbers, revise the present system, or devise
a new numbering system for several generations.
For this reason, SSA plans to continue using the
nine-digit number.

001-001 New Hampshire 387-399 Wisconsin
004-007 Maine 400-407 Kentucky
008-009 Vermont 408-415 Tennessee
010-034 Massachusetts 416-424 Alabama
035-039 Rhode Island 425-428 Mississippi
040-049 Connecticut 433-439 Arkansas
050-134 New York 433-439 Louisiana
135-158 New Jersey 440-448 Oklahoma
159-211 Pennsylvania 449-467 Texas
212-220 Maryland 468-477 Minnesota
221-222 Delaware 478-485 Iowa
223-231 Virginia 486-500 Missouri
232-236 West Virginia 501-502 North Dakota
237-246 North Carolina 503-504 South Dakota
247-251 South Carolina 505-508 Nebraska
252-260 Georgia 509-515 Kansas
261-267 Florida 516-517 Montana
268-302 Ohio 518-519 Idaho
303-317 Indiana 520 Wyoming
318-361 Illinois 521-524 Colorado
362-386 Michigan 525&585 New Mexico
526-527 Arizona 575-576 Hawaii
528-529 Utah 531-539 Washington
540-544 Oregon 545-573 California
574-Alaska
577-579 District of Columbia
580-Virgin Islands
581-585 Puerto Rico, Guam
700-729 Railroad

INVALID SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
1. Three or more leadin zeros (000-08-8537)
2. Ending in four zeros (557-84-0000)
3. Leading numbers 73 through 79 (734-81-9559/791-32-7462)
4. Leading number 6 or 8 (687-44-3867/806-55-6823)
5. Leading number of 9 is suspect, very few issued (915-83-7836)

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SAMPLE LETTER TO SOCIAL SECURITY

Social Security Administration
Office of Central Records Operations
FOIA Workgroup
P.O. Box 17772
300 N. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21290

Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

Please send me a copy of the application for a social security card (Form SS5)
filed by the following person. I found the
information on the Social Security Death Master file CD by GenRef, Inc. GenRef
gathered its information from the Social
Security Death Master file compiled by the Social Security Administration.

My understanding is that the fee is $7.00 if I supply the social security number,
or $16.50 if the social security number is
unknown or incorrect. Enclosed is a check or money order for $___________, made
payable to the Social Security
Administration. Thank you for your assistance.

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