MURPHY & WEISS
Attorneys, PA

Your Social Security Number (SSN) sticks with you your whole life. Your SSN stands for something. The nine digits are usually broken into three parts. The first three digits is the area you were born or resided when the SSN was assigned. The next two digits is the group number and the last four digits are serial numbers which are assigned first come first assigned basis. The serial numbers 2001 to 2999 and 7001 to 7999 you are in a sample group. These numbers are used for statistical research into the country's changing conditions.

The nine digit system has a capacity for issuing nearly one billion SSNs and about a third of those have been issued. Even issuing 5-7 million a year, it will be a long time before all the SSNs are used.

AREA CODES

001-003..........New Hampshire
004-007..........Maine
008-009..........Vermont
010-034..........Massachusetts
035-039..........Rhode Island
040-049..........Conneticut
050-134..........New York
135-158..........New Jersey
159-211..........Pennsylvania
212-220..........Maryland
221-222..........Delaware
223-231..........Virginia
232-236..........West Virginia (except group number 30)
237-246..........North Carolina (and area code 232 group number 30)
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 Colombia
580..............Virgin Islands (group numbers 01 to 18)
581-584..........Puerto Rico (and area code 580 group numbers 20 & above)
585..............New Mexico
586..............Guam (group numbers 01 to 18)
586..............American Samoa (group numbers 20 to 28)
586..............Outside the US (group numbers 30 to 78)
587-588..........Mississippi
589-595..........Florida
596-599..........Puerto Rico
600-601..........Arizona
602-626..........California
700-728..........Railroad Retirement Board (Before 1964)