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Originally posted by 1savvydiva
Not necessarily, I think it depends on what state you were born in. In SC most of the people that I have met in friendship and through work, that were born here SSNs all start with 2. I know that those born in NY, including me, SSNs usually start with 1 or 0. So I think it varies state to state.
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When I said south, I didn't necessarily mean everyone in the south has a SSN with 4. I work for the IRS where I see thousands of SSN's weekly. Just by the first three digits, I can tell where you acquired your card.
The prefixes for some areas in the south, just for reference purposes:
400-407 Kentucky
408-415 Tennessee
416-424 Alabama
425-428 Mississippi
429-432 Arkansas
433-439 Louisiana
659-665
440-448 Oklahoma
449-467 Texas
627-645
486-500 Missouri
261-267
589-595 Florida
766-772
232 North Carolina
237-246
681-690
247-251 South Carolina
654-658
252-260
667-675 Georgia
Certain numbers have been transferred from one State to another, or some areas have been divided for use among certain geographic locations.
SSN's are assigned regionally and in batches. The Area Number, which is the first three set of digits is assigned by the geographical region. Since 1972, the SSA has assigned numbers and issued cards based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the original application form. Since the applicant's mailing address doesn't have to be the same as his residence, his area number doesn't necessarily represent the state in which he resides. For many of us who received our SSNs as infants, the area number indicates the state we were born in.
Generally, numbers were assigned beginning in the northeast and moving westward. So people on the east coast have the lowest numbers and those on the west coast have the highest numbers.