From: eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Soc Security Number theory
Summary: Authoritative and exhaustive -- fun for the whole family
Date: 29 Aug 92 12:06:38 GMT
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Organization: Superseding Information, Inc.

In <1992Aug29.061741.26601@midway.uchicago.edu>, thf2@midway.uchicago.edu sez:
>It's where you get the card, rather than where you get born that determines
>the first three digits of the SSN.  Cecil Adams published a list not more 
>than two weeks ago.  Anyone have where 214 is from?

Following is the list, from an old article.  Followups to
alt.furrfu.urban. 

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From: mjt@mcnc.org (Michael Tighe)
Newsgroups: misc.misc
Subject: Re: Social Security Numbers
Date: 24 Oct 89 13:35:00 GMT
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center


The Social Security Number (SSN) is composed of 3 parts, XXX-XX-XXXX,
called the Area, Group, and Serial. For the most part, (there are
exceptions), the Area is determined by where the individual APPLIED for the
SSN (before 1972) or RESIDED at time of application (after 1972). The areas
are assigned as follows:
 
     000  unused   001-003 NH   004-007 ME   008-009 VT   010-034 MA
     035-039 RI    040-049 CT   050-134 NY   135-158 NJ   159-211 PA
     212-220 MD    221-222 DE   223-231 VA   232-236 WV   237-246 NC
     247-251 SC    252-260 GA   261-267 FL   268-302 OH   303-317 IN
     318-361 IL    362-386 MI   387-399 WI   400-407 KY   408-415 TN
     416-424 AL    425-428 MS   429-432 AR   433-439 LA   440-448 OK
     449-467 TX    468-477 MN   478-485 IA   486-500 MO   501-502 ND
     503-504 SD    505-508 NE   509-515 KS   516-517 MT   518-519 ID
     520     WY    521-524 CO   525     NM   526-527 AZ   528-529 UT
     530     NV    531-539 WA   540-544 OR   545-573 CA   574     AK
     575-576 HI    577-579 DC   580     VI*  581-584 PR*  585     NM
     586    PI*    587-588 MS   589-595 FL   596-599 PR*  600-601 AZ
     602-626 CA
 
     * VI = VIRGIN ISLANDS
     * PR = PUERTO RICO
     * PI = PACIFIC ISLANDS ( Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana
            Islands, Philippine Islands)
 
     627-699 unassigned, for future use
     700-728 Railroad workers through 1963, then discontinued
     729-899 unassigned, for future use
     900-999 not valid SSNs, but were used for program purposes when
             state aid to the aged, blind and disabled was converted
             to a federal program administered by SSA.
 
As the Areas assigned to a locality are exhausted, new areas from the pool
are assigned. This is why some states have non-contiguous groups of Areas.
 
The Group portion of the SSN has no meaning other than to determine whether
or not a number has been assigned. SSA publishes a list every month of the
highest group assigned for each SSN Area. The order of assignment for the
Groups is: odd numbers under 10, even numbers over 9, even numbers under 9
except for 00 which is never used, and odd numbers over 10. For example, if
the highest group assigned for area 999 is 72, then we know that the number
999-04-1234 is an invalid number because even Groups under 9 have not yet
been assigned.
 
The Serial portion of the SSN has no meaning. The Serial is not assigned in
strictly numerical order. The Serial 0000 is never assigned. Before 1973,
Social Security Cards with pre-printed numbers were issued to each local
SSA office. The numbers were assigned by the local office. In 1973, SSN
assignment was automated and outstanding stocks of pre-printed cards were
destroyed. All SSNs are now assigned by computer from headquarters. There
are rare cases in which the computer system can be forced to accept a
manual assignment such as a person refusing a number with 666 in it. A
pamphlet entitled "The Social Security Number" (Pub. No. 05-10633) provides
an explanation of the SSN's structure and the method of assigning and
validating Social Security numbers.


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