Ft Wayne Times

There were 102,150 OASDI beneficiaries in Fort Wayne in 2019, ranking it first in Indiana, 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 Indiana.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in Indiana (2019)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Fort Wayne	102,150
2	Anderson	94,300
3	Evansville	82,230
4	Columbus	76,065
5	Indianapolis, Northwest	72,925
6	New Albany	71,555
7	South Bend	70,620
8	Indianapolis	64,800
9	Bloomington	62,890
10	Lafayette	58,960
11	Elkhart	58,895
12	Indianapolis, Northeast	54,595
13	Merrillville	51,645
14	Muncie	50,115
15	Madison	44,270
16	Terre Haute	43,775
17	Kokomo	41,915
18	Valparaiso	41,880
19	Richmond	34,645
20	Hammond	33,480
21	Marion	29,290
22	Auburn	28,430
23	Crawfordsville	27,615
24	Michigan City	24,180
25	Gary	20,685
26	Vincennes	20,065
27	Danville, IL	7,785