From: "Robert Comer" 

> Is it a random number?

No, not random.  The first three digits are State, the next two are
assigned, but not consecutively, and the last 4 are consective. See
http://www.ssa.gov/employer/ssnweb.htm

- Bob Comer



"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
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> Is it a random number? Here, it's one's birthday (6 digits), century
> spcifier, a three digit "serial" number (starts from 001 as the first
> child to be born/registered on that day) and then a validation character.
> Dang easy to remember - I
> m child number 045 of my day, and a very good friend with child 136 of the
> same day!
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
> ("Number two, could you please check the status of 045 and report to deck
> seven" - it's just like living a SciFi story )
>
> "Ellen K." 
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>> group of three, group of two, group of four
>>
>> Which is why they represent it with hyphens.
>>
>> Besides which I'm not a typical example of ability to remember numbers.
>> (Ask the janitor at your company the same question.)
>
>

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