Social Security

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Each number comes in 9 digits, and has 3 parts. The first three digits indicate the state shown in the mailing address on the original application. The lowest numbers were assigned to the New England states, and the number grew higher in the south. But, in recent years, this relationship has been disrupted somewhat by the need to allocate numbers out of sequence as state populations change. The middle two digits do not really mean anything, but serve to break numbers into blocks. The last four digits represent a straight numerical progression of assigned numbers. There has been over 392 million numbers distributed by the SSA, and more than five million new members assigned each year.
An individual’s number is not just a bunch of random numbers jammed together and given out, it’s a valuable asset. Like getting a driver’s license, it is symbolic of becoming an adult and an American ...

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