If a person was born in the year 1971, why would the begining #?

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If a person was born in the year 1971, why would the begining #?

I have a really interesting question, I was born in 1971 and no one has been able to answer this for me... Everyone born around the same year #`s usually there SS number starts with a 5 mine starts off with a 1 can anyone explain this to me.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Yes. The first three digits have nothing to do with time. The first three digits are allocated by states. So, if your SS# begins with a "1" it means that you were living in New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania when your application was received, as these states are allocated the prefixes starting with "1".

050-134 New York (NY)
135-148 New Jersey (NJ)
159-211 Pennsylvania (PA)

While there are occasional transfers of numbers, this is how the system works. The first three numbers refer to location of applicant.

Hope this helps. Cheers.

ps -- it's no surprise that your friends have "5s" as "5" is given over to the most states.

486-500 Missouri (MO)
501-502 North Dakota (ND)
503-504 South Dakota (SD)
505-508 Nebraska (NB)
509-515 Kansas (KS)
516-517 Montana (MT)
518-519 Idaho (ID)
520 Wyoming (WY)
521-524 Colorado (CO)
525 New Mexico (NM)
526-527 Arizona (AZ)
528-529 Utah (UT)
530 Nevada (NV)
531-539 Washington (WA)
540-544 Oregon (OR)
545-573 California (CA)
574 Alaska (AK)
575-576 Hawaii (HI)
577-579 District of Columbia (DC)
580* Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico (PR)
581-584 Puerto Rico (PR)
585 New Mexico (NM)
586 Guam, American Somoa, Philippine Islands
587 Mississippi (MS)
589-595 Florida (FL)
596-599 Puerto Rico (PR)