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Structure of Social Security Numbers
A Social Security Number (SSN)
consists of nine digits. The first three digits is called the "area number'. The central, two-digit field
is called the "group Number". The final four-digit field is called the "serial Number".
Area Numbers
The area numbers are assigned to geographic locations. They were originally assigned
the same way that zip codes were later assigned. Most area numbers were assigned according to State boundaries,
although the series 700-729, was assigned to railroad workers, regardless of location. In many regions the original
range of area number assignments was eventually exhausted as population grew.
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State
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Area Number
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State
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Area Number
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| Alabama |
416-424
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Mississippi |
425-428
587-588
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| Alaska |
574
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Missouri |
486-500
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| Arizona |
526-527
600-601
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Montana |
516-517
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| Arkansas |
429-432
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Nebraska |
505-508
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| California |
545-573
602-626
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Nevada |
530
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| Colorado |
521-524
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New Hampshire |
001-003
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| Connecticut |
040-049
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New Jersey |
135-158
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| Delaware |
221-222
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New Mexico |
525,585
648-649
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| Dist Of Columbia |
577-579
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New York |
050-134
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| Florida |
261-267
589-595
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North Carolina |
237-246
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| Georgia |
252-260
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North Dakota |
501-502
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| Hawaii |
575-576
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Ohio |
268-302
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| Idaho |
518-519
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Oklahoma |
440-448
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| Illinois |
318-361
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Oregon |
540-544
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| Indiana |
303-317
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Pennsylvania |
159-211
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| Iowa |
478-485
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Rhode Island |
035-039
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| Kansas |
509-515
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South Carolina |
247-251
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| Kentucky |
400-407
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South Dakota |
503-504
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| Louisiana |
433-439
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Tennessee |
408-415
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| Maine |
004-007
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Texas |
449-467
627-645
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| Maryland |
212-220
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Utah |
528-529
646-647
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| Massachusetts |
010-034
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Vermont |
008-009
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| Michigan |
362-386
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Virginia |
223-231
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| Minnesota |
468-477
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Washington |
531-539
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West Virginia |
232-236
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Wisconsin |
387-399
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Wyoming |
520
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650-699 Unassigned, for future use.
700-728 Railroad workers through 1963, then discontinued
729-799 Unassigned, for future use.
800-999 Not valid SSN's
Group Numbers
The group number is not related to geography, but rather to the order in which SSN's are issued for a particular
area.
Serial Numbers
Serial numbers are assigned in chronological order within each area & group number, as the applications.
Invalid SSNs
Any SSN conforming to one of the following criteria, is an invalid number:
1. Any field, all zeroes
2. First three digits above 740 |
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