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Did you know that having the first 3 digits of a person’s social security number (SSN) can help you search for someone for free?
The Social Security Administration (SSA) began issuing SSNs around 1936. Typically, a person was not issued a SSN until they turned fourteen or thereabouts (usually when they were first employed). Around 1986, the SSA began issuing SSNs to children as young as five. Since 1990, SSNs are typically issued to children shortly after they are born. The first three digits of a social security number reveals the state where it was issued.
How is this important when searching for someone? We thought you’d never ask! 
If you know the first three digits of someone’s social security number and know roughly how old they are you can narrow down your search to a particular state and have a good guess of where they were born or where they likely got their first job.
Having a partial SSN can also help you narrow down a search when you are trying to search for someone who may be deceased. You can search the Social Security Administration Death Index for free and if you find multiple matches you can narrow your list down by eliminating incorrect SSNs.
[Please note: Having a complete Social Security Number can allow a company such as OmniTrace to search and find someone fast and very affordably. OmniTrace can also perform search miracles with very little identifying information (we don't need a Social Security Number to search for someone).
Please call us at 888-965-6696.]
Here is a list of social security numbers issued by state:
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 North Carolina
232-236 Virginia
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
585 New Mexico
587-588 Mississippi
589-595 Florida
600-601 Arizona
602-626 California
627-645 Texas
646-647 Utah
648-649 New Mexico
700-728 Railroad Retirement
So, for example, if a social security number begins with 136, you know the SSN was issued in New Jersey.
Here’s one more free search tool to help you search for someone… SSN Validator If you have a person’s SSN, fill in the fields and you can determine if the SSN is valid and when and where the social security number was issued.
You can find many more free search tools to help you search for someone on our blog pages. Click on this link and knock yourself out!
Feel free to write us with any questions you may have.
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KNOWING SOMEONE’S ETHNICITY, LIKE HAIR COLOR, EYE COLOR, …ETC.
AND HIS FIRST NAME AND AGE. WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH.
I TRIED SEVERAL SITES BUT NONE OF THEM WAS HELPFUL.
THANKS FOR ADVISING
Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot one can do with ethnicity, hair color, etc. The only useful information you appear to have is the first name and age. If you have an exact date of birth, that would likely be enough to do a successful search.
Other useful information would be an old address, Social Security Number (of course) and names of family members and other associates.
he lives in orlando and he’s my father
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR MY SON’S FATHER FOR YEARS NOW I HAVE HIS SS# AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO LOCATE HIM I FILED FOR CHILD SUPPORT YEARS AGO AND SOCIAL SERVICES CAN’T FIND HIM AND THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO COME UP WITH AN ADDRESS I JUST NEED HELP LOCATING HIM SO IF YOU HAVE SOME TIPS FOR ME I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS
DESPERATE
Hi Lisa. Provide you son’s father’s name and Social Security Number to us in an email and we will conduct a FREE search. Our e-mail address is: support@thesearchadvisor.com
Best regards,
The Search Advisor / OmniTrace Corp. Staff
I adopted my daughter out. Her name is
Toni Leticia Quinn. I do not have her
social security number. She was born in
San Diego, CA. Her last address was:
2850 Melbourne Dr., San Diego, CA 92123.
Her adoptive parents address is:
14547 Evans Drive, Surprise, AZ 85379.
I am not sure is Toni is living on her own in
San Diego or with her birthparents.
Her birthdate is 01/11/1973. She is mildly
retarded and has a skin disease.
Any help that you can give me would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you.
Like Lisa, I’ve been searching for (what possible could be my child and her mom) for a while… I’ve got her name/age/SSN and “think” she’s in CA. I was always there for her, during her pregnancy, I made it to every MD appt, cleaned her house for her, but 1 month before the baby was due she skipped town and I haven’t heard a word from her since… Any suggestions on what would be a wise route for me to take?
Hi, Im looking for my father since 1993, I was living in USA with him, but them we separate and never know nothing more about him, now im living in Europe, and time to time I search in the web if I find something about him, but nothing, his name is Victor Echeandia, and his last home that I knew was in Auburn, Washington, If anybody can give some more ideas I will apreciate.
Zdenka Echeandia
Hello I am Heaven Ulrich/Liberty/Plumadore
I have been searching for my brother Michael John Mann and my brother Todd Raymond Smith. I have not seen or heard from either brother in about 10 years. I have spent so many hours and money trying to find them but I keep getting stuck. I want them in my life because they need to know that all of there sisters have children now, and they want to meet there Uncles!
Our mothers name is Ginger and she is sick I would like to find them for the holidays, it would help her a lot! Thanks
Heaven from Connecticut
my mother and I have been searching for my older brother for going on 10 years now. I just recently found out our father is having dire health issues, Our mother found his SSN and thought it might be helpful but since i am broke and a 30 year old college student with no job I need help finding him.
hi i have been trying to find my father for years now i know his name his mothers name and his fathers and i also know he is receiving social security benifits i would really like to find him so he can meet his grandchildren any advice..oh and i also know he’s in pennsylvania
I am looking for my Aunt daughter she really needs to get in touch with her and cannot find her and hasn’t been able to locate her on her own so she called me for assistancce and everything you find on the web cost money, what is the deal with that? I don’t know what is legit and what is NOT I also don’t know how much my Aunt wants to spend. I have her daughters name her SSN and her date of birth I would really like to help my Aunt and her daughter reconnect. My aunt has cancer and would like her daughter in her life.
Iam looking for my son father alonzo raymond boone he my son is always asking for him but there is nothing that i can do but say to him i dont know where he is but i will find him for you even if i die trying
I am looking for a Greg or Craig Smith (Smitty?), from Colorado, who was around the Tauberbishofsheim area of Germany, in 1972. His MOS and Unit are unkown. He was known to do and sell drugs, a lowlife dealer/junkie, but he kept it hidden. Tall,slim with dark hair. Always cuffed his blue jeans on the outside, like a kid. Told me, in Sept/Oct 1972 that some blacks, from Kitzingen, had ripped him off of his drugs, so I know he was around that area also. His girlfriend was Dagmar, the barmaid at the Scotch Club in TBB, with long red hair, nice. I met him in June 1972 and I know he was there until the end of 1972. I need to find him because he is most probably a carrier of Hepititus C. Any and all help will be appreciated. Enough small memories could make a whole! Thanks for your help and time. God Bless
I knew a craig smith in 1969 and he lived in Prume Germany. He would be 45-46 now. His parents were Al and Gail.
I have been trying to find my father, have never met him him and my mother split when i was born, we thought he died but have found no proof we have his social and we used the validator and it said it was valid, but i have searched and searched and cant find him
My fiancee dissappeared over a month ago. None of her friends have heard from her and I do not have her family’s contact info. I have her social security number, her son’s, and her son’s father’s SSN as well. The police could not help me as we were not married yet. If I could afford to do so, I would have hired a private investigation firm. I really need to find out what happened to her and bring closure. Thanks.
I a looking for someone who has abandoned my property without notice. I am unable to gain access and would like assistance in finding this person, Please!
Looking for my husband left 2mnths ago from mass
believe he may be in new mexico or california
his name is dan corbett 36 yrs old please help me find him not for me for my kids
I am looking for a Michael Stone, or a Shannon Stone. They have sisters Sherry and Cindy. Use to live on Mahaffey Rd in Powell, Tn. Need to find one of them this is an emergency. please if anyone knows their whereabouts please please let me know.
how can i find out where my daughter is at if have court ordered vistation with her its been 2 and half yrs since i last spoke to her or seen her i miss my daughter and the court is not trying to do anything to help me is there anything i can do or is the anyone that can help me
my ex took my daughter almost a yr ago and dissappeared with her. he is not her father and the police say thaey cant help because he is the “presumed” father. i have his ss num and i need to locate him asap! any advise?
I was wondering if anyone knows how to find someone, I have there date of birth, and SSN, but I can locate him, I need to give him child support papers for my two little girls, and he cant be found. I need to know how to find him, I cant afford this own my own.
Thanks
I am looking for my husband jonathan willis. i have his social security number but he moved out on me and our two children last time we saw him was jan 27,2007. I would really like a divorce from him but dont know how to find him. i dont have money to do these searches and things any help would be appreciated
This guy owes a lot of money and we’re trying to find him, will you be able to find him using his ss#, Name and DoB?