NE Ohio Times

There were 23,585 OASDI beneficiaries in Ashtabula in 2018, ranking it 43th in Ohio, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) is a program of the Social Security Administration funded primarily through payroll taxes. It was signed into law in 1935 by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The OASDI program aims to supplement a worker's lost wages due to retirement, disability or death of a spouse.

The following table shows cities ranked by number of beneficiaries in Ohio.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in Ohio (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Dayton	104,960
2	Canton	93,510
3	Cincinnati, Downtown	85,190
4	Akron, Downtown	75,365
5	Hamilton	71,670
6	Painesville	70,695
7	Cincinnati, North	68,435
8	Lorain	64,700
9	Lima	61,835
10	Toledo, Downtown	61,605
11	Columbus, North	61,055
12	Springfield	59,615
13	Cleveland, West	59,235
14	Youngstown	58,040
15	Mansfield	52,925
16	Chillicothe	52,250
17	Warren	52,200
18	Marion	50,765
19	Columbus, East	50,195
20	Cleveland, Southwest	47,950
21	Batavia	47,285
22	Cleveland, Downtown	46,180
23	Newark	46,035
24	Cleveland, East	44,735
25	Piqua	44,450
26	Columbus, West	43,485
27	Zanesville	42,450
28	Middletown	40,610
29	Defiance	39,115
30	Xenia	37,425
31	Medina	35,855
32	Sandusky	35,685
33	Toledo, West	35,620
34	Lancaster	34,410
35	Findlay	33,735
36	Ravenna	33,020
37	Akron, West	31,875
38	Columbus, Downtown	31,750
39	Wooster	28,780
40	East Liverpool	26,850
41	New Philadelphia	26,570
42	Portsmouth	24,810
43	Ashtabula	23,585
44	Bowling Green	22,915
45	Steubenville	22,475
46	Marietta	19,875
47	Cleveland, Northeast	19,630
48	Wheeling, WV	16,140
49	Athens	15,855
50	Cleveland, Buckeye-Shaker	15,210
51	Ironton	15,165
52	Gallipolis	14,970
53	Cleveland, Southeast	13,900
54	Fremont	12,360
55	Cambridge	11,955
56	Dayton, West	10,325
57	Cleveland, Northwest	8,515