Rome Reporter

There were 72,875 OASDI beneficiaries in Rome in 2019, ranking it seventh in Georgia, 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 Georgia.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Marietta	190,285
2	Gwinnett	135,985
3	Gainesville	119,770
4	South Lake	88,460
5	Augusta	85,520
6	Savannah	79,005
7	Rome	72,875
8	Decatur	67,820
9	Carrollton	66,935
10	Covington	64,455
11	Athens	57,415
12	Columbus	57,075
13	Winder	56,880
14	Atlanta, West	53,815
15	Macon	50,840
16	Atlanta, Downtown	47,385
17	Albany	46,340
18	Toccoa	44,410
19	Griffin	41,920
20	Warner Robins	41,865
21	Waycross	39,640
22	Newnan	36,295
23	Chattanooga, TN	34,435
24	Brunswick	33,635
25	Thomasville	33,385
26	Valdosta	32,525
27	Dalton	28,285
28	Statesboro	26,485
29	Milledgeville	26,475
30	Vidalia	25,060
31	Dublin	24,670
32	LaGrange	24,415
33	Tifton	20,815
34	Cordele	16,080