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Meridian ranks eighth in Mississippi total retired beneficiaries in 2018

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There were 18,460 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Meridian in 2018, ranking it eighth in Mississippi, 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 Social Security field offices ranked by number of retired workers in Mississippi.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Retired Workers in Mississippi (2018)

RankField OfficeNumber of Retired Workers
1Gulfport55,220
2Jackson39,625
3Tupelo33,750
4Hattiesburg32,705
5Olive Branch31,350
6Forest23,980
7Columbus21,720
8Meridian18,460
9Laurel16,905
10Vicksburg15,600
11Moss Point14,115
12Corinth13,525
13Brookhaven11,725
14Grenada11,425
15Philadelphia11,015
16Starkville10,285
17Greenville10,215
18McComb9,955
19Greenwood9,380
20Natchez8,550
21Kosciusko5,880
22Cleveland5,855
23Clarksdale5,175

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