According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the first three
digits of a U.S. Social Security number is a code that may indicate the
state or territory in which your application stated you were born (because the
code reveals the state in which you registered). For recent immigrants, the
number is supposed to match up with the state or territory in which you were
living when you received proper working papers.
Note: The database in this document is not 100 percent complete or 100
percent accurate. Nothing is perfect. Populous states have added numeric ranges not contained
here.
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