The claim: Babies with a birth certificate and Social Security number are property of the state. Some social media users are circulating a conspiracy theory about birth certificates and Social ...

The United States began issuing Social Security numbers (SSNs) in November 1936. A unique nine-digit number is assigned to every U.S. citizen. SSNs are also assigned to permanent residents and ...

Trump's order would require Social Security to change its automatic system for issuing Social Security numbers to newborns.

An investigation is continuing into migrants at an Omaha foodpacking plant using stolen identities to get paid and receive benefits.

Before 2011, the first three digits of a person’s Social Security number (also known as the area number) had geographic significance. Specific numbers were assigned to states.

The Social Security Administration uses an interesting system of assignment. The first three digits are issued by the state. The numbers increase from east to west.

The data included full names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses or state identification numbers, health insurance information, and financial account ...

So even if someone gets just part of your number, then it can be easy to figure out the rest. Researchers in 2009 wrote an algorithm that could predict a Social Security number correctly 44 ...

The Social Security Administration’s website does not have a table of data that shows how many people in 43 states have registered to vote without IDs.