Article written in 2014: > To date, 450+ million SSNs have been issued, but with just under 1 billion possible number combinations, there has never been a need

Article written in 2014: > To date, 450+ million SSNs have been issued, but with just under 1 billion possible number combinations, there has never been a need to recycle numbers, and the SSA notes that it does "not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder's death." https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-to-your-social-security-number-when-you-di-1652151816 https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-to-your-social-security-num...