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by michaelcampbell 1115 days ago
While researching Soundex in the mid/late 80's, I of course soundex'd my last name and realized that it was the first part of my state's driver's license #.
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Intriguing, I just checked mine and it seems California doesn't appear to do this.

If you're comfortable sharing, would like to find out which state you're referring to. Cheers.

Another poster shared this link: http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/numbers/dl_us_shared.html

It has the encoding formula for Wisconsin, Illinois, and Florida (which match the parent's comment) but there may be others.

Mine was Illinois. I got it in the early 1980's, and moved away shortly thereafter, so no idea if they still do.

Weirdly, I remember that # even now. Soundex-???-2DigitYearOfBirth-???

Looks like at least the format has changed since then.