can anyone tell how old you are from your ss numbers?

Answer 1

No. the first three digits tell what state it was originally issued. The last 2 digits do NOT tell what year you were born. If that was the case 1 of my children would have been born in 47 the 2nd in 53 the 3rd in 24 and i would have been born in 85. By the way my children are in early grade school.

Answer 2

I think newer ones, at least from the last ten to twenty years give the approximate age. But those issued many years ago, at least for those 50 and over, do not say anything except which state it was issued in. (first three numbers).

Answer 3

Approximately, yes. The middle 2 digits are NOT your age. There is a formula; these numbers are not random, as someone else here stated.

Answer 4

The government? They can tell you the last time you took a dump! It's that little "spy in the sky" that can hone right in on you anytime, any place, when you least expect it, and snap your picture crystal clear! Almost like Candid Camera except bigger and better! So I would have to say yes, big brother can tell you that!

Answer 5

By paying $10-50 on certain public records Web sites, you can plug in a SSN and get a great deal of information on someone, including their date of birth, hence their age.

Once you have a SSN, you have some powerful information. Protect those SSNs.

Answer 6

No. But where (which state) the SS# was first issued is identifiable by the first three digits.

Answer 7

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I also disagree with it identifying where you were born (unless people are misusing ther words). The SSA site does say that the 1st three digits indicate the state where ISSUED.
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The Social Security Administration States, "The nine-digit Social Security number is divided into three parts—

· The first three digits are the area number. If your Social Security number was assigned before 1972 when Social Security cards were issued by local offices, the area number reflects the State where you applied for your number. If your number was assigned in 1972 or later when we began issuing Social Security cards centrally, the area number reflects the State as determined by the ZIP code in the mailing address on your application for the number.

· The middle two digits are the group number. It has no special geographic or data significance but merely serve to break the number into conveniently sized blocks for orderly issuance.
· The last four digits are serial number. It represents a straight numerical sequence of digits from 0001-9999 within the group."

AND

http://www.ssa.gov/employer/stateweb.htm
"Since 1973, social security numbers have been issued by our central office. 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. Prior to 1973, social security numbers were assigned by our field offices. The number merely established that his/her card was issued by one of our offices in that State."

I'm gonna have to talk to Oprah about this! AJ was kinda shifty eyed if you know what I mean.
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CAN YOU TELL A PERSONS AGE BY THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER?
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Hey ! Doesn't anybody watch Oprah Winfrey??? Friday's show answered Oprah's burning questions, and that was one of them:

Oprah Winfrey Show - Oprah's Burning Questions (on Friday September 22, 2006) http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200609/20060922/slide_20060922_text_214.jhtml

What do your social security numbers mean?
According to A.J. Jacobs................

"They're not random," A.J. says. "The first three digits have to do with where you're born. I was born in New York so I have 095; if you're born in California, you're in the 500s—it sort of goes from east to west. The middle two [digits] have to do with when you were born. And then the last four are totally random. … So if you know someone's social security number, you can basically figure out where they were born and how old they are."

A. J. Jacobs Bio
A.J. Jacobs has read all 32 volumes of Encyclopædia Britannica—that amounts to about 44 million words! He's the editor at large for Esquire Magazine and author of the New York Times bestseller The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Guy in the World.

Answer 8

I have to disagree with it identifying where you were born, it's where it was issued to you. I know I was born in CA raised in NY, issued my ss# in NY so mine is a 0## not a 500 #.

Answer 9

The first 3 digtiits can tell where you lives when you applied. Tehre is not other information except I imagine that someone who studies it enought can get a very general idea.

Answer 10

just coincidence maybe mine was issued in 1964 the middle 2 numbers is my year of birth