OK!
I have a dumb question!
If the first three numbers are reserved for the issuing state, how in the hell can you get 300,000,000 differing SS numbers out of XX-XXXX??
Enquiring minds need to know!
Not a dumb question.
The first three numbers represent the state the applicant applied from ..but those aren’t the only three numbers used for that state. I received my SS# in CA, and it’s first three digits are 565..but 565 isn’t the only first set of digits used for this state. SSA says they’ve issued so far over 400 million numbers and expect this system to be adequate enough to last several generations. For instance.. they could just start using more combinations of three numbers and assigning them to the states.