Just thought you all might find this interesting also. Diane Rogers -----Original Message----- From: Scooterman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: [KYWOLFE-L] Re:SS# >This was posted on another list..... but applies to everyone doing genealogy. >Just thought I'd share. >---------------<snip>------------------------------ >The first three digits in a social security number indicate either where >the person applied (if before 1972) or where they resided at the time >(for those after 1972). It does not necessarily indicate where the >person was born. >The middle two digits are a code to identify fraudelent numbers. >The last four were randomly assigned. > >004-007 Maine >008-009 Vermont >010-034 Massachusetts >035-039 Rhode Island >040-049 Connecticut >050-134 New York >135-158 New Jersey >159-211 Pennsylvania >212-220 Maryland >221-222 Delaware >223-231 Virginia >237-246 North Carolina >247-251-South Carolina >252-260 Georgia >261-267 Florida >268-302 Ohio >303-317 Indiana >318-361 Illinois >362-386 Michigan >387-399 Wisconsin >400-407 Kentucky >408-415 Tennessee >416-424 Alabama >425-428 Mississippi >429-432 Arkansas >433-439 Louisiana >440-448 Oklahoma >449-467 Texas >468-477 Minnesota >478-485 Iowa >485-500 Missouri >501-502 North Dakota >503-504 South Dakota >505-508 Nebraska >509-515 Kansas >516-517 Montana >518-519 Idaho >520 Wyoming >521-524 Colorado >525 New Mexico >526-527 Arizona >528-529 Utah >530 Nevada >531-539 Washington >540-544 Oregon >545-573 California >574 Alaska >574SE Asian refugees between April 1975 and November 1979 >575-576 Hawaii >577-579 District of Columbia >580 Virgin Islands >580-584 Puerto Rico >585 New Mexico >586SE Asian refugees between April 1975 and November 1979 >586 American Samoa, Philipine Islands, Gaum >587-588 Mississippi >589-595 Florida >596-599 Puerto Rico >600-601 Arizona >602-626 California >627-645 Texas >646-647 Utah >648-649 New Mexico >700-728 Railroad Retirement Board numbers used thru 1963 then >discontinued >900-999 Not valid for SS-- used for federal aid programs for >identification purposes. >---------------------------<snip>------------------------ >Not a clue about before 1972 numbers...... > >Scoot > >RESEARCHING: KASH, COPE, HINES, PILLOW & others >http://pages.prodigy.net/billpayer/master.htm >