The first three numbers in your American Social Security Number do have a significance, believe it or not. They are an indication of where your number was filed. Take me, for example: I was born in Buffalo, New York on October 9, 1980. But before my parents could file for my SSN the family moved to Pennsylvania. So everyone else in my family has a New York number whereas I have a Pennsylvania number.
Without further delay, here is the table of numbers...
Social Security Numbers Based On Geographical Location (Source: www.ssa.gov)
Number Range Geographical Area
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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
691-699 Not Allocated
232-236 West Virginia
232 North Carolina
237-246
681-690
247-251 South Carolina
654-658
252-260 Georgia
667-675
261-267 Florida
589-595
766-772
268-302 Ohio
303-317 Indiana
318-361 Illinois
362-386 Michigan
387-399 Wisconsin
400-407 Kentucky
408-415 Tennessee
756-763 Not Allocated
416-424 Alabama
425-428 Mississippi
587-588
752-755 Not Allocated
429-432 Arkansas
676-679
433-439 Louisiana
659-665
440-448 Oklahoma
449-467 Texas
627-645
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
650-653
525,585 New Mexico
648-649
526-527 Arizona
600-601
764-765
528-529 Utah
646-647
530 Nevada
680
531-539 Washington State
540-544 Oregon
545-573 California
602-626
574 Alaska
575-576 Hawaii
750-751 Not Allocated
577-579 District of Columbia
580 Virgin Islands
580-584 Puerto Rico
596-599
586 Guam
586 American Samoa
586 Philippine Islands
700-728 Railroad Board**
729-733 Enumeration at Entry
000 Will NEVER begin a SSN
**: Formerly issued only to railroad workers, but were discontinued July 1, 1963.
I am going to guess here and say that if a number range is listed below a state/territory with no assignment listed to the right, it belongs to the state or territory directly above it.