I heard they can tell by the first number. Mine starts with a 3 and I was born in Michigan. My friend's starts with a 2. Where was he born?
2007-01-02 07:37:32 · 13 answers · asked by J 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The first three numbers originally represented the state in which a person first applied for a Social Security card. Numbers started in the northeast and moved westward. This meant that people on the east coast had the lowest numbers and those on the west coast had the highest. Since 1972, the SSA has assigned numbers and issued cards based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the original application form. Since the applicant's mailing address doesn't have to be the same as his residence, his area number doesn't necessarily represent the state in which he resides. For many of us who received our SSNs as infants, the area number indicates the state we were born in.
http://people.howstuffworks.com/social-security-number2.htm
2007-01-02 07:44:11 · answer #1 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was born somewhere in the North East part of the country or Ohio-ish. My boyfriend's starts with a "2" also and he is from the Pittsburgh area. Mine starts with a "1" and i'm from Philly.
When i moved to the south and signed up for school here - the registrar made a comment about me being from 'up north' b/c of my ssn starting with a 1. The first three numbers have something to do with what state / region the card was issued in, not necessarily where you were born.
Ok, so where does your friend live??
2007-01-02 07:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by Weasel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the first 3 numbers that indicate the state where you applied for a card, not where you were born.
Check this site
people.howstuffworks.com/social-security-number2.htm
2007-01-02 07:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Texas, My brother's and I are 1 number apart.
It starts with a 6, and the numbers are all the same, except for the last one.
My brother and I were also born 3 years apart, and some months, but we were born in different cities, and counties.
2007-01-02 07:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by Skyleigh's Mom :)™ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mine is a 2 and its Florida. I was not born in Florida. Back in the day, you received your SS card in whatever state you were living in at the time. Since you have to look at the first three numbers to tell, just having the first number will not get it. After all you can only use 0-9 and we do have 50 states now.
2007-01-02 07:43:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was born in one state and moved to another state at age 12, which is where I was living when I got my soc. sec. card. I have been employed by a company that processes applications for credit cards and I have seen many people from the state of my birth with SSN's that start with the same three digits. I am assuming the first three digits represent the state you were born in, not the state you applied for the card. Also, they may have changed the process for numbering from the way they did it then. (that was 1965).
2007-01-02 08:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
State Of Birth By Ssn
2016-10-22 06:30:40 · answer #7 · answered by casanova 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It tells you where they got their social security number, not where they were born (though this is often the same place). Mine starts with 2 and I got mine in Kentucky. So do my sisters'. We were born in different places, but got our SSN's at the same time there.
2007-01-02 07:41:44 · answer #8 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes the states have different starting numbers but they are two digit #'s
2007-01-02 07:46:11 · answer #9 · answered by crawler 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can tell where someone was living when they were issued their SS number by the first three numbers.
2007-01-02 08:00:09 · answer #10 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋