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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.