[Kleon]

For those who never wondered about how Social Security Numbers are generated, the first three digits represent the state of the recipient's mailing address.

According to the Social Security website, "One should not make too much of the "geographical code." It is not meant to be any kind of useable geographical information. The numbering scheme was designed in 1936 (before computers) to make it easier for SSA to store the applications in our files in Baltimore since the files were organized by regions as well as alphabetically. It was really just a bookkeeping device for our own internal use and was never intended to be anything more than that."

[bannie]

"...was never intended to be anything more than that."

I've heard that before.

[urtax$@work]

Congrats on the quick cut&paste response time from your talking points document.

[freepersup]

I'm of the opinion that during the time period when someone applied for Obama's SS card, they - were - physically - in - Connecticut.

I applied for my SS card in 1972 in Phoenix, AZ, and my SS # starts with the geo code of 454.

[freepersup]

The geo code mattered when Obama received his SS #. The geo code stopped being a geo code in later years. The supporting SS admin. verbiage/policy particular to this point has been posted here in a number of eligibility threads.

If - you - smell - ozone - don't touch anything metal.

[Abundy]

That's a load of crap. I was using the SSN trick on people giving me false names as late as 1994.

In fact the cheat sheet I had was put out by the Feds.

While the first three digits may not mean anything now, they did then. More importantly, they did when the number(s) were stolen by/for Obozo.

[wolfcreek]

Fogbow blames the mistake on Obama’s writing ability.

Could distinguish between a 0 and a 9. He was *only* 15 ya know.

[faucetman]

“It is not meant to be any kind of usable geographical information”

“Obfuscation” the Obama crowd's motto.

SO WHAT?

“meant to be”?, Are they or are they not designating the states where they were issued? YES! So who cares about the intention, focus on what IS. They didn't “intend” so we can't use it?

[Josephat]

wonder when, exactly, they put out this tidbit?

[nikos1121]

I say BS to that. My SS starts with 347. What does that mean? How about yours?

[nikos1121]

You might be right for those SS numbers issued within the last few years, but for those of us over the age of 40 it is clearly based on your geographical location.

This comes from their website:

The chart below shows the first 3 digits of the social security numbers assigned throughout the United States and its possessions. See “Note” at bottom of page.

001-003 New Hampshire 261-267 Florida 449-467 Texas 531-539 Washington
004-007 Maine 589-595 627-645 540-544 Oregon
008-009 Vermont 766-772 468-477 Minnesota 545-573 California
010-034 Massachusetts 268-302 Ohio 478-485 Iowa 602-626
035-039 Rhode Island 303-317 Indiana 486-500 Missouri 574 Alaska
040-049 Connecticut 318-361 Illinois 501-502 North Dakota 575-576 Hawaii
050-134 New York 362-386 Michigan 503-504 South Dakota 750-751
135-158 New Jersey 387-399 Wisconsin 505-508 Nebraska 577-579 District of Columbia
159-211 Pennsylvania 400-407 Kentucky 509-515 Kansas 580 Virgin Islands
212-220 Maryland 408-415 Tennessee 516-517 Montana 580-584 Puerto Rico
221-222 Delaware 756-763 518-519 Idaho 596-599
223-231 Virginia 416-424 Alabama 520 Wyoming 586 Guam
691-699 425-428 Mississippi 521-524 Colorado 586 American Samoa
232-236 West Virginia 587-588 650-653 586 Philippine Islands
232 North Carolina 752-755 525,585 New Mexico 700-728 Railroad Board**
237-246 429-432 Arkansas 648-649 729-733 Enumeration at Entry
681-690 676-679 526-527 Arizona
247-251 South Carolina 433-439 Louisiana 600-601
654-658 659-665 764-765
252-260 Georgia 440-448 Oklahoma 528-529 Utah
667-675 530,680 Nevada 646-647

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.

** 700-728 Issuance of these numbers to railroad employees was discontinued July 1, 1963.