What do the first 3 numbers in your social security number mean?

I heard that it's related to the state you were born in. Is there a list somewhere? How can you find out what prefix belongs to what state? Thanks.What do the first 3 numbers in your social security number mean?
It used to represent the state of birth, but it no longer does. The first three (3) digits of a person's social security number are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing address shown on the application for a social security number. (which may not be their home state bear in mind - for example I was born in Maryland but you wouldnt know that by this listing, which makes sense since I doubt they got around to submitting for my card from there). The state translation is as follows (or, was at least at some point as follows, I make no claims as to its accuracy):





001-003


New Hampshire





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





691-699





232-236


West Virginia





232


North Carolina





237-246





681-690





247-251


South Carolina





654-658





252-260


Georgia





667-675





261-267


Florida





589-595





766-772





268-302


Ohio





303-317


Indiana





318-361


Illinois





362-386


Michigan





387-399


Wisconsin





400-407


Kentucky





408-415


Tennessee





756-763





416-424


Alabama





425-428


Mississippi





587





588*





752-755*





429-432


Arkansas





676-679





433-439


Louisiana





659-665





440-448


Oklahoma





449-467


Texas





627-645





468-477


Minnesota





478-485


Iowa





486-500


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





650-653





525,585


New Mexico





648-649





526-527


Arizona





600-601





764-765





528-529


Utah





646-647





530


Nevada





680





531-539


Washington





540-544


Oregon





545-573


California





602-626





574


Alaska





575-576


Hawaii





750





751





577-579


District of Columbia





580


Virgin Islands





580-584


Puerto Rico





596-599





586


Guam





586


American Samoa





586


Philippine Islands





700-728








Railroad Board**


729-733 Enumeration at Entry





NOTE: The same area, when shown more than once, means that certain numbers have been transferred from one State to another, or that an area has been divided for use among certain geographic locations.


Any number beginning with 000 will NEVER be a valid SSN.


The information in our records about an individual is confidential by law and cannot be disclosed except in certain very restricted cases permitted by regulations.





* = New areas allocated, but not yet issued





** 700-728 Issuance of these numbers to railroad employees was discontinued July 1, 1963.





all info (i.e. the numeric listing and rules) beyond my personal opening comments are copy and pasted from first link below, second link has additional information on this subject. I do not personally attest to the accuracy of this listing (as I know in my case there is something out of whack)





**edited for legibility and sensibiltyWhat do the first 3 numbers in your social security number mean?
The first three are the area number, they indicate the state where you first applied for the card.
I don't know much about the answer...but the last entry...DUJU...I do know that my first three number do not follow that state guideline...I have lived in Indiana all my life and my frist three numbers are not listed within the numbers you found.
It has something to do with where you were born.
you might check the social security website:





http://www.ssa.gov/
They signify the place you first applied for your Social Security Card.
they mean absolutely nothing
I would assume that it is State generated. Not sure why you would want to know unless you aren't sure where you were born.
it used to be that way---btu with so much identity theft and so on..i doubt thats the case any longer
They're a significant precursor to the next 2 digits
Its based on the state where you apply.


Example Vermont is 008/009
The first three number identifies the state of issuance of the SSN
it does have to do with the state. you can find them here at www.mrfa.org/ssn.htm.