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You might find some background on how Social Security numbers were assigned to be of interest, so here goes.The nine-digit SSN is composed of three parts:The Area Number (1) – This is a three digit number that was used to assign a Social Security number based on geographic location. This could either be the specific office code that the card itself was issued from or based on the zip code that the applicant lived in.The Group Number (2) - This is a two digit number that ranges from 00-99 and used a specific set of rules to build the sequence from the first value to the last within the group to avoid consecutive values being used.The Serial Number (3) – This is a straight-forward numeric sequence that is output consecutively from 0000-9999.You may notice a great deal of past-tense within the previous descriptions. This is because on June 25th , 2011, the Social Security Administration revised its assignment process to use a system of randomization that had the following changes:Eliminated the geographical significance of the Area Number - The first three digits would now no longer be related in any way to the individual’s geographic location or state.Eliminated the Group Number method of assigning values – This doesn’t make any real significant changes as the Group Number will now simply be randomly assigned as well.Previously unassigned Area Numbers would now be allowed for assignment – This would allow any previously unused area numbers (with a few exceptions) to be assigned to new Social Security Numbers.A Social Security number CANNOT:Contain all zeroes in any specific group (ie 000-##-####, ###-00-####, or ###-##-0000)Begin with ’666′.Begin with any value from ’900-999′Be ’078-05-1120′ Read The Woolworth Social Security Card for this storyBe ’219-09-9999′ (appeared in an advertisement for the Social Security Administration)SOURCE: Validating Social Security Numbers through Regular ExpressionsAs for the specific numbers available …The Social Security Administration does not reuse Social Security numbers. It has issued over 450 million since the start of the program, and at a use rate of about 5.5 million per year.If we assume that there are 999,999,999 combinations available less the 900–999 and 666 groups we still have several decades of numbers available.NOTE: Answer expanded to address some comments.Thanks to all for the upvotes and shares. This gives me feedback that you found this to be interesting.

To address this often asked question once again illustrating how broken our system is regarding illegal immigration:No one can know for sure that they are not hiring an illegal worker. 40 million social security numbers have been stolen and a fake ID can be had for a few hundred dollars.America needs a tamper proof national ID for employment and benefits. No other industrialized country has the illegal immigration problem that America has.E-Verify is known to contain fraudulent stolen IDs. It can’t even function at a level of a credit card company.Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, a libertarian think-tank in Washington, D.C., said the E-Verify system accepts passports, Social Security cards and other documents submitted by job applicants even if they are fraudulent — which is the way most undocumented immigrants secure employment.Nowrasteh said “a large portion of employers still don’t use it for new hires” because they know that government audits of traditional paper forms are so few and far between. E-Verify doesn’t prevent many companies from hiring undocumented workers***Nearly 40 million Social Security numbers have been stolen and used by illegal immigrants and others to get work, according to agency records obtained by an immigration reform group.The Immigration Reform Law Institute said that from 2012 to 2016 there were “39 million instances where names and Social Security numbers on W-2 tax forms did not match the corresponding Social Security records.”The group said that there is a “thriving black market” used by illegal immigrants to get Social Security numbers needed to get a job.Their report draws attention to a move by former President Barack Obama to stop sending so-called “no match” letters to employers notifying them that numbers used by employees on the wage forms do not match their identity. Illegal immigrants cited in theft of 39 million Social Security numbersTrump reportedly employs through his various businesses close to 22,000 employees. You can bet that a significant number in the hospitality business are illegal employees with stolen IDs.The inability to enforce immigration laws puts a downward pressure on low skilled wages as America transitions into automation and away from needing a large low skilled work force. It also puts pressure on overburdened public school and health systems.

This Soc. Sec. Admin. web page discusses the issue of how the first three digits of a Soc. Sec. No. are obtained: Social Security History. Here’s the relevant excerpt:The Area Number is assigned by the geographical region. Prior to 1972, cards were issued in local Social Security offices around the country and the Area Number represented the State in which the card was issued. This did not necessarily have to be the State where the applicant lived, since a person could apply for their card in any Social Security office. Since 1972, when SSA began assigning SSNs and issuing cards centrally from Baltimore, the area number assigned has been based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the application for the original Social Security card. The applicant's mailing address does not have to be the same as their place of residence. Thus, the Area Number does not necessarily represent the State of residence of the applicant, either prior to 1972 or since.