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Social Security Number Verification Tips

How to Verify Social Security Numbers for Free

Social Security Number Verification Tips

If you're on a tight budget and you need to confirm the authenticity of a social security number without paying for it, there are several choices. This article will guide you through how to analyze a social security number to confirm its authenticity.

The first thing you will want to do is familiarize yourself with the makeup of a social security number. Social security numbers consist of nine (9) digits separated by hyphens (e.g. 000-00-0000 is the format). The first three numbers are known as the area field and represent the state where the SSN was issued. The areas are as follows:

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
232-236 WEST VIRGINIA
232,237-246 NORTH CAROLINA
247-251 SOUTH CAROLINA
252-260 GEORGIA
261-267 FLORIDA
268-302 OHIO
303-317 INDIANA
318-361 ILLINOIS
362-386 MICHIGAN
387-399 WISCONSIN
400-407 KENTUCKY
408-415 TENNESSEE
416-424 ALABAMA
425-428 MISSISSIPPI
429-432 ARKANSAS
433-439 LOUISIANA
440-448 OKLAHOMA
449-467 TEXAS
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
525 NEW MEXICO
526-527 ARIZONA
528-529 UTAH
530 NEVADA
531-539 WASHINGTON
540-544 OREGON
545-573 CALIFORNIA
574 ALASKA
575-576 HAWAII
577-579 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
580 VIRGIN ISLANDS
580-584 PUERTO RICO
585 NEW MEXICO
586 AMERICAN SAMOA,GUAM
587-588 MISSISSIPPI
589-595 FLORIDA
596-599 PUERTO RICO
600-601 ARIZONA
602-626 CALIFORNIA
627-645 TEXAS
646-647 UTAH
648-649 NEW MEXICO
700-728 ISSUED TO RAILROAD BOARD PRIOR TO 1963 (NO LONGER USED)

The next two numbers of the social security number are known as the group numbers. The group numbers don't have any geographic significance. They are the order in which numbers are handed out. Each month the social security administration (SSA) publishes a list of the most recent (highest) numbers releases for each region. With this in mind, if you have a number you're researching and the middle numbers are higher than the SSA has released so far, you will know you're dealing with a bogus SSN.

The last four numbers of a social security number is the serial number. Although these aren't necessarily released in any particular order, the SSA seems to be moving towards releasing them in an increasing forumula (higher numbers after lower numbers).

How to Spot an Invalid SSN Immediately

  • If any of the three parts of the SSN contain all zeros, the number is invalid. The SSA never uses all zeroes for any part.
  • If the first three numbers are above 740, the number probably isn't legit.


 

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