Middle number is social security number the same across birth year?

[swbsam]

I read that the middle number (xxx-##-xxxx) is coded according to birth year - is that true?


mine is: xxx-66-xxxx

I was born in 1981




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[MixMasterTang]

xxx-88-xxxx born in 1978

 

[Slick5150]

Nope, not true.

 

[Jeeebus]

Originally posted by: swbsam
I read that the middle number (xxx-##-xxxx) is coded according to birth year - is that true?


mine is: xxx-66-xxxx

I was born in 1981

Same for my wife who was born in 81.

 

[venkman]

82

 

[DingDingDao]

Nope. My wife and I were born in the same year and the middle two digits of our SS# are different.

 

[swbsam]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: swbsam
I read that the middle number (xxx-##-xxxx) is coded according to birth year - is that true?


mine is: xxx-66-xxxx

I was born in 1981

Same for my wife who was born in 81.

Hmm, was she born in New York? Maybe it's a regional thing?

 

[nakedfrog]

How about this?

 

[Tremulant]

Doesn't match for me.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
xxx-88-xxxx born in 1978

born in 78 as well but mine isn't 88

 

[Jeeebus]

Originally posted by: swbsam

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: swbsam
I read that the middle number (xxx-##-xxxx) is coded according to birth year - is that true?


mine is: xxx-66-xxxx

I was born in 1981

Same for my wife who was born in 81.

Hmm, was she born in New York? Maybe it's a regional thing?

yes

 

[SonnyDaze]

From Wiki:

The middle two digits are the group number. Officially, they have no special geographic or data significance but merely serve to break the number into conveniently sized blocks for orderly issuance. However, some statisticians have theorized that Social Security offices informally use the group number as a designator of ethnicity. They claim that white, Asian, and Native Americans are far more likely to be assigned an odd group number, while black and Hispanic Americans are far more likely to be assigned an even group number

 

[LS21]

uh, no, my entire family share the same middle digits

but i heard your first 3 digits maps out to your place of birth and last 4 corresponds to hair color

mine is 541-17-2236

 

[Svnla]

Not true, even for 1st generation immigrants like myself <moved to the US from abroard>.

 

[swbsam]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: swbsam

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: swbsam
I read that the middle number (xxx-##-xxxx) is coded according to birth year - is that true?


mine is: xxx-66-xxxx

I was born in 1981

Same for my wife who was born in 81.

Hmm, was she born in New York? Maybe it's a regional thing?

yes

Interesting, I've noticed that as well with my friends - 66s if born in NYC in 1981, other numbers if not

 

[nageov3t]

born in '81 as well, my middle digits are -02-

I believe my sister has the same middle digits and she was born in '78.

 

[Jeeebus]

Interesting arstechnica article

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: Svnla
Not true, even for 1st generation immigrants like myself <moved to the US from aboard>.

You lived on a board before coming to the US?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
From Wiki:

The middle two digits are the group number. Officially, they have no special geographic or data significance but merely serve to break the number into conveniently sized blocks for orderly issuance. However, some statisticians have theorized that Social Security offices informally use the group number as a designator of ethnicity. They claim that white, Asian, and Native Americans are far more likely to be assigned an odd group number, while black and Hispanic Americans are far more likely to be assigned an even group number

That has me curious, I wouldn't mind seeing a poll.

 

[effowe]

My birth year isn't the middle two, but '82' appears in there somewhere, probably coincidentally.

 

[Andrew1990]

xxx-86-xxxx

1990

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
Interesting arstechnica article

scary

 

[microAmp]

Nope, even though others answered as well. Me and my brother only have 1 digit difference in our SSN, 6 years apart, different months, and different days, but signed up for SSN or something like that at the same time back some where in early 80's I believe.

xxx-xxx-xx$x

$ is the difference.