Social Security Number

[DingleBerries]

This is for informational purposes only. Do not try to commit any crime with this information. This is a valuable tool for genealogy, tracking down ancestors state of birth, crime investigation, tracking down state of birth, and showing your friends a neat trick.

All information is in the public domain, see links at the end.

SSN# Layout XXX-XX-XXXX

* The first set of three digits is called the Area Number

* The second set of two digits is called the Group Number

* The final set of four digits is the Serial Number

Uno

The first three digits denote the area where the application for an original Social Security number was filed. See my super awesome map below.

Possible Combintations for these 1st three numbers?

001-003+261-267+449-467+1+004-007+589-595+627-645+1+008-009+766-772+468-477+531-539+010-034+268-
302+478-485+540-544+035-039+303-317+486-500+545-573+040-049+318-361+501-502+602-626+050-134+362-386+
503-504+1+135-158+387-399+505-508+575-576+159-211+400-407+509-515+1+212-220+408-415+516-517+1+221-222
+756-763+518-519+577-579+223-231+416-424+1+1+691-699+425-428+521-524+580-584+232-236+1+650-653+596-599
+1+1+525-585+1+237-246+752-755+648-649+1+681-690+429-432+526-527+1+247-251+676-679+600-601+700-728+654
-658+433-439+764-765+729-733+252-260+659-665+528-529+667-675+440-448+646-647

Codes in Plain Text

  001-003 NH    400-407 KY    530     NV
  004-007 ME    408-415 TN    531-539 WA
  008-009 VT    416-424 AL    540-544 OR
  010-034 MA    425-428 MS    545-573 CA
  035-039 RI    429-432 AR    574     AK
  040-049 CT    433-439 LA    575-576 HI
  050-134 NY    440-448 OK    577-579 DC
  135-158 NJ    449-467 TX    580     VI Virgin Islands
  159-211 PA    468-477 MN    581-584 PR Puerto Rico
  212-220 MD    478-485 IA    585     NM
  221-222 DE    486-500 MO    586     PI Pacific Islands*
  223-231 VA    501-502 ND    587-588 MS
  232-236 WV    503-504 SD    589-595 FL
  237-246 NC    505-508 NE    596-599 PR Puerto Rico
  247-251 SC    509-515 KS    600-601 AZ
  252-260 GA    516-517 MT    602-626 CA
  261-267 FL    518-519 ID    627-645 TX
  268-302 OH    520     WY    646-647 UT
  303-317 IN    521-524 CO    648-649 NM
  318-361 IL    525     NM    *Guam, American Samoa,
  362-386 MI    526-527 AZ     Philippine Islands,
  387-399 WI    528-529 UT     Northern Mariana Islands

  650-699 unassigned, for future use
  700-728 Railroad workers through 1963, then discontinued
  729-799 unassigned, for future use
  800-999 not valid SSNs.  Some sources have claimed that numbers
          above 900 were used when some state programs were converted
          to federal control, but current SSA documents claim no
          numbers above 799 have ever been used.

The Deuce

The middle two digits range from 01 to 99 but are not assigned in consecutive order. For administrative reasons, group numbers issued first consist of the ODD numbers from 01 through 09 and then EVEN numbers from 10 through 98, within each area number allocated to a State.

ODD - 01, 03, 05, 07, 09 --- EVEN - 10 to 98

EVEN - 02, 04, 06, 08 --- ODD - 11 to 99

Decoding SSN

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_security_number

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/stateweb.htm

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/ssnvhighgroup.htm

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/ssnvs/highgroup.txt

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/ssn/misused.html

http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/ssa.cf...php?p_faqid=149

http://www.ntis.gov/products/ssa-dmf.aspx

[DingleBerries]

Theory

Its late and i dont want do do math, but i will be generous and say theres 1billion possible SSN, now subtract that from the ones you can no longer use, most of which are posted in last links, and now we are talking about a couple million possibilities knocked out. So how secure are SSN numbers? Computers can go threw that data extremely fast and calculate ALL possible SSNs available and yet to be available. I think its time we moved past a bar code and start using random number generators and salted hashs.

Equation

A=total number of possible combinations for 1st digits

B=total number of possible combinations for 2nd digits

C=total number of possible combinations for 3rd digits

D=total number used for advertising and voided to public knowledge

E=total posted by kin of a dead person

A*B*C=X-(D=E)=XXX SSN Available XXX

[dr0p]

Theory

Its late and i dont want do do math, but i will be generous and say theres 1billion possible SSN, now subtract that from the ones you can no longer use, most of which are posted in last links, and now we are talking about a couple million possibilities knocked out. So how secure are SSN numbers? Computers can go threw that data extremely fast and calculate ALL possible SSNs available and yet to be available. I think its time we moved past a bar code and start using random number generators and salted hashs.

Equation

A=total number of possible combinations for 1st digits

B=total number of possible combinations for 2nd digits

C=total number of possible combinations for 3rd digits

D=total number used for advertising and voided to public knowledge

E=total posted by kin of a dead person

A*B*C=X-(D=E)=XXX SSN Available XXX

Good theory, but a hash is a lot harder for people to memorize than hashes, which imo is the only real reason we still use the same system.

[digip]

We only use the system because our government is too lazy to design a more secure one. 2600 did an aticle on SS#'s many years ago. I can't remember what issue, but the same information has been around as long as the SS system itself. It's reasonable to think these numbers get reused as well too, as there are only so many in use and so many people who will die, leaving the number to be used by someone else eventually. I wouldn't doubt the possibility of two people living with the same number.

If the number goes to 999-99-9999 (WHich if they used a numnber 000-00-0000, then that is 1 added to the mix) then you get 1,000,000,000 possibilities. But since you claim it never has gone above 799 which would be 799,999,999 million possibilities. But by state, we have only used up to 649. Then subtract 650-699 which are sreserved. Then subtract 700-728 for the railroad workers and 729-799 for reserved, you only get 649,000,000 thousand. I think we have many more people living in the US right now than 649,000,000. So, how does this system really identify you?

The IRS and our government can't really track everyone by the SSN alone? Think about it. Why assign us a Drivers License Number if all we need is a SSN to track us. There are many methods the government uses to track us, and SSN assignment is just one, although flawed, method. DL#, Your address, DOB, credit reports, phone number, YOUR NAME, etc, etc. These all help them identify you by grouping data into files on each person. I know this shit gets messed up too, because on my credit report, it claims I have owned a house since 1979(I was only 4 in 1979) as well as owed child support (I'm no pimp or anything, but I think I would have been shooting blanks at 4 years old). To this day, it keeps coming back on the reports no matter how many times I have it removed.I have since stopped trying to fight the system on this and just learned that our government and its SSN system(As well as a lot of other government systems of tracking and identification) are just too outdated and backwards thinking to keep up in a modern society where the population out numbers the possible combinations of numbers they have to assign to us.

[Razor512]

they use SS numbers to track us but they know they cant make it the only use for it as it will be too much of a security risk

no matter how professional ca company or a government worker is, you still don't want them to see your social security number unless there of the most higl qualified to handle this info

example if we use SS numbers instead of other forms of ID

a police officer would ask you for ID, he or she would then memorize your SS number then write it down when you leave

that person can then file for a loan using your info and have the paperwork sent to a recently foreclosed home which they can have access to

after they get the money and get it converted into cash leaving the victim in a heap of debt

so they use other forms of ID which have numbers that are extremely long and nearly impossible to remember unless you write it down while looking at it

but what the government needs to fix is the health care system, they need to make 1 card that has a id that connects you to a database all of the medical related info so that way when ever you go to a different hospital, you don't have to fill out that 70 page crap form

it would also get rid of stupid delays in the hospital because you will see a long line and each person talking to the worker for like 10-15 minutes for no reason

a card system would make it much faster because all they will need to do is come to the front desk and swipe their card and have a seat and wait to be called

[SmoothCriminal]

If the number goes to 999-99-9999 (WHich if they used a numnber 000-00-0000, then that is 1 added to the mix) then you get 1,000,000,000 possibilities. But since you claim it never has gone above 799 which would be 799,999,999 million possibilities. But by state, we have only used up to 649. Then subtract 650-699 which are sreserved. Then subtract 700-728 for the railroad workers and 729-799 for reserved, you only get 649,000,000 thousand. I think we have many more people living in the US right now than 649,000,000. So, how does this system really identify you?

This logic is flawed. There is approximately 305,186,613 people living in the U.S. You said 649,000,000 thousand, maybe you just didn't realize it, but that is 650 million possible SS numbers. Since there are only about 300 million people in the U.S. we still have many more possible SS numbers. I'm sure replacing the current system although would be a good idea, is probably to expensive to justify. Replacing our current system would probably cost billions of dollars.

[gcninja]

Smootcriminal what about all the people from before? this was started what 1972? How many people have gotten them and died? I think over 305 millon....

[digip]

Well maybe we do not have that many people with SS#'s currently alive, but I tend to think we have a lot more people here than just 305,186,613 in the country. What about people who go off the grid or cross the border illegally. I think the population is much higher, but probably not as high as 650 million living people. gcninja makes agood point. With all the people who were alive to get the first set of numbers, do they recyle them after they die?

305,203,150 to be precise, and rising(It flucuates constantly, up and down at any given moment): http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html

One birth every.................................. 7 seconds

One death every.................................. 13 seconds

One international migrant (net) every............ 29 seconds

Net gain of one person every..................... 9 sec

Its like almost a 2 to 1 ratio for births vs deaths. So if 1 person dies for every 2 that is born, lets do the math.

2 * 305,203,150 = 610,406,300 (if we were workign with static numbers, which were not. Population is in a constant state of fluxuation, so this method hardly works, but seems like were on to something)

At some point the living population outweighs the dead over the course of so many years. Add up all the dead since the beginning of SS#'s inception, and then multiply it by 2(2 born for every one who dies, not including the ones who are still alive during this time), I am sure it is going to exceed the total numbers available if it hasnt already.

They have to be doing something with the dead peoples numbers at some point. They add up too high over time.

Census figures are flawed estimates at best. Have you ever had to fill one out for the government? Ever had someone come to your door for a census questionaire. They ask you how many people live in your home, how many children, how may TV's, etc, etc. Not how many people in your home have SS#'s and they never verify these things. They take you at yoru word, and when they get no response they ask a neighbor, who doesn't have to know or even give correct answers. They use averages for most results. Not everyone is accounted for based on census figures alone. A lot of it is guessing and statistical data based on averages in any given area. It's impossible to estimate the total number of people by census figures. I remember a few years back that one states census data was considered bogus, as they couldn't verify the majority of the numbers, and they were far off from the census before for the same housholds, that things didn't match up. I think it was in the 90's, maybe as far back as when I was in hiogh school, and I am now 34, so I don't want to say I trust those numbers to be 100% accurate. They are anything but. Census data helsp cities to apply for federal grants and funds based on population needs. Most of it is manipulated to get what they want anyway.