However, that might not be as probative as it might at first seem. It is the now the zip where the application came from. So if Suzie got her first job as a page, intern, camp counselor, college student, or military enlistee, it could well have been sent to the place of first employment. There are many CMSA's in the US that cross state boundaries, if you walked into an office that was in another jurisdiction there would be a different area. If the SSN is requested early in life, (This happens, for instance, when there is non-wage/salary income), and she could have moved several times. Many people apply for SSNs at a very mobile stage of life.
Also, a possibility can occur with a low or high probability. Art Karl L. Wuensch wrote: > The information I have on the association between the first three > digits of the SSN and region of the country are pasted below. If Suzie > Queue were the only student in your class who is from Nevada and you > posted SSNs, it would be fairly simple to locate her SSN. > > > CARD NUMBERS--STATE ISSUED TO > > 001-003 NEW HAMPSHIRE > > 004-007 MAINE > > 008-009 VERMONT > > 010-034 MASS > > 035-039 RHODE ISLAND > > 040-049 CONN > > 050-134 NEW YORK > > 135-158 NEW JERSEY > > 159-211 PENN > > 212-220 MARYLAND > > 221-222 DELAWARE > > 223-231 VIRGINIA > > 232-236 W. VIRGINIA > > 237-246 N. CAROLINA > > 247-251 S. CAROLINA > > 252-260 GEORGIA > > 261-267 FLORIDA > > 268-302 OHIO > > 303-317 INDIANA > > 318-361 ILLINOIS > > 362-386 MICH > > 387-399 WIS > > 400-407 KENTUCKY > > 408-415 TENN > > 416-424 ALABAMA > > 425-428 MISSISSIPPI > > 429-432 ARKANSAS > > 433-439 LOUISIANA > > 440-448 OKLAHOMA > > 449-467 TEXAS > > 468-477 MINN > > 478-485 IOWA > > 486-500 MISSOURI > > 501-502 N DAKOTA > > 503-504 S DAKOTA > > 505-508 NEBRASKA > > 509-515 KANSAS > > 516-517 MONTANA > > 518-519 IDAHO > > 520 WYOMING > > 521-524 COLO > > 525 NEW MEXICO > > 526-527 ARIZ > > 528-529 UTAH > > 530 NEVADA > > 531-539 WASH > > 540-544 OREGON > > 545-573 CALIF > > 574 ALASKA > > 575-576 HAWII > > 577-579 WASH D.C. > > ------------------ > > (REMEMBER: The first three numbers in a social security number will tell > > you where the card was originally issued). > > > > Karl W. > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
