Article 2148 (25 more) in alt.privacy:
\nFrom: hhll@milton.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas)
\nSubject: Decoding Social Security numbers
\nDate: 8 Sep 92 07:27:03 GMT
\nOrganization: University of Washington
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I found this on CI$:<\/p>\n
Decoding the Social Security Number
\n(from “Social-Security-Numbers And Other Telling Information:”
\nby Simson Garfinkel, published in the Whole Earth Review, Fall 1989)<\/p>\n
The first three digits of a person’s Social Security Number indicate
\nthe state that the person was living in at the time the number was
\nassigned (see table). The exceptions to this rule are numbers in the
\n700-729 range, which were issued by the Railroad Retirement agency, the
\nonly such retirement plan to have its own block of SSNs.<\/p>\n
The fourth and fifth digits indicate the group number. The sequence is
\nreported to be odd numbers from 01-09, then even numbers from 10-98, then
\neven numbers 02-08, and finally odd numbers 11-99. All numbers issued
\nbefore 1965 are either odd numbers between 01 and 09, or even numbers
\nbetween 10 and 98. The last four digits are the “serial number,” and run
\nfrom 0001 to 9999…<\/p>\n
001-003 New Hampshire 318-361 Illinois 520 Wyoming
\n004-007 Maine 362-386 Michigan 521-524 Colorado
\n008-009 Vermont 387-399 Wisonsin 525 New Mexico
\n010-034 Massachusetts 400-407 Kentucky 585 New Mexico
\n035-039 Rhode Island 408-415 Tennessee 526-527 Arizona
\n040-049 Connecticut 416-424 Alabama 528-529 Utah
\n050-134 New York 425-428 Mississippi 530 Nevada
\n135-158 New Jersey 587-588 Mississippi 531-539 Washington
\n159-211 Pennsylvania 429-432 Arkansas 540-544 Oregon
\n212-220 Maryland 433-439 Louisiana 545-573 California
\n221-222 Delaware 440-448 Oklahoma 574 Alaska
\n223-231 Virginia 449-467 Texas 575-576 Hawaii
\n232-236 West Virginia 468-477 Minnesota 577-579 Washington, DC
\n232 N. Carolina (1) 478-485 Iowa 580 Virgin Islands
\n237-246 N. Carolina 486-500 Missouri 580-584 Puerto Rico
\n247-251 S. Carolina 501-502 N. Dakota 586 Guam
\n252-260 Georgia 503-504 S. Dakota 586 American Samoa
\n261-267 Florida 505-508 Nebraska 586 Phillipine Islands
\n589-595 Florida 509-515 Kansas 700-729 Railroad Retirement
\n268-302 Ohio 516-517 Montana
\n303-317 Indiana 518-519 Idaho<\/p>\n
(1) Number 232, with middle digits 30, has been allocated to North Carolina
\nfrom West Virginia.<\/p>\n
