That might be true now, but not when this number was issued. It took me all of one minute to find this on the SSA website:
The Area Number is assigned by the geographical region. Prior to 1972, cards were issued in local Social Security offices around the country and the Area Number represented the State in which the card was issued. This did not necessarily have to be the State where the applicant lived, since a person could apply for their card in any Social Security office.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/geocard.html
But BO never resided in CT or anywhere near there until he attended Columbia, which was well after 1972. So what was he doing applying for the SSN in CT?
Remember he was born in 1961, so in '72 he'd have been 11. The SSN was not required on parents/guardians tax return until 1986. BO's first job was supposedly at a Baskin-Robbins in Hawaii. He would have been at least 16, making it 1977 at the earliest. More likley closer to 79 or 80.