What do the first 3 numbers in your social security number mean?

Question

I heard that it's related to the state you were born in. Is there a list somewhere? How can you find out what prefix belongs to what state? Thanks.

Answer 1

It used to represent the state of birth, but it no longer does. The first three (3) digits of a person's social security number are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on the application for a social security number. (which may not be their home state bear in mind - for example I was born in Maryland but you wouldnt know that by this listing, which makes sense since I doubt they got around to submitting for my card from there). The state translation is as follows (or, was at least at some point as follows, I make no claims as to its accuracy):

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.

all info (i.e. the numeric listing and rules) beyond my personal opening comments are copy and pasted from first link below, second link has additional information on this subject. I do not personally attest to the accuracy of this listing (as I know in my case there is something out of whack)

**edited for legibility and sensibilty

Answer 2

Social Security Number Meaning

Answer 3

They signify the place you first applied for your Social Security Card.

Answer 4

The first three are the area number, they indicate the state where you first applied for the card.

Answer 5

The first three number identifies the state of issuance of the SSN

Answer 6

I don't know much about the answer...but the last entry...DUJU...I do know that my first three number do not follow that state guideline...I have lived in Indiana all my life and my frist three numbers are not listed within the numbers you found.

Answer 7

They're a significant precursor to the next 2 digits

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Its based on the state where you apply.
Example Vermont is 008/009

Answer 10

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