Q20: Are Social Security numbers reused after a person dies?
A: No. We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder's death. Even though we have issued over 415 million SSNs so far, and we assign about 5 and one-half million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide us with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system.
So, there is no reason for this except fraud or some nitwit not reciting the number correctly from memory when giving it out.
Just more proof the Feds can't no anything right...
xxx-xx-xxxx - that would be a little less than 1 billion unique numbers possible. Add to that, the SS doesn’t use some particular digits in certain positions. This brings the number down from that.
Current US population is over 300 Million.
So how many have already received a SS # and have passed away + how many current SS #’s?
So how long until either numbers must be recycled, or a digit added?