West Central Michigan News

There were 24,510 OASDI beneficiaries in Ludington in 2019, ranking it 37th in Michigan, 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 Michigan.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Grand Rapids	144,180
2	Lansing	135,935
3	Pontiac	128,185
4	Flint, Downtown	93,685
5	Saginaw	85,630
6	Kalamazoo	73,665
7	Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph	71,805
8	Chesterfield	66,740
9	Fort Gratiot	63,210
10	Holland	62,630
11	Roseville	61,390
12	Ann Arbor	60,460
13	Sterling Heights	59,915
14	Traverse City	57,530
15	Livonia	57,480
16	Farmington	56,650
17	Detroit, Northwest	54,295
18	Muskegon	52,705
19	Battle Creek	52,640
20	Dearborn	52,055
21	Inkster	51,940
22	Wyandotte	51,855
23	Jackson	49,760
24	Clawson	45,125
25	Bay City	44,110
26	Mount Pleasant	36,885
27	Monroe	35,740
28	Petoskey	33,835
29	Flint, North	31,725
30	West Branch	28,385
31	Escanaba	28,300
32	Detroit, East	28,290
33	Alpena	27,900
34	Adrian	25,745
35	Big Rapids	25,580
36	Detroit, 7 Mile Wyoming	24,555
37	Ludington	24,510
38	Detroit, Highland Park	22,930
39	Marquette	19,875
40	Owosso	19,070
41	Sault Sainte Marie	14,575
42	Houghton	13,970
43	Detroit, Grand River	13,010
44	Cadillac	12,950
45	Detroit, Downtown	10,125
46	Detroit, Conner Avenue	8,705
47	Detroit, Southwest	5,860
48	Marinette, WI	5,445
49	Ironwood	4,945
50	Rhinelander, WI	15