Lake County Times

There were 52,175 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Painesville in 2018, ranking it fourth 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 Social Security field offices ranked by number of retired workers in Ohio.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Dayton	70,855
2	Canton	63,955
3	Cincinnati, Downtown	55,680
4	Painesville	52,175
5	Akron, Downtown	51,795
6	Hamilton	49,005
7	Cincinnati, North	48,180
8	Columbus, North	44,630
9	Lorain	43,915
10	Lima	42,310
11	Cleveland, West	41,475
12	Springfield	40,480
13	Toledo, Downtown	39,115
14	Youngstown	38,025
15	Mansfield	36,075
16	Marion	34,795
17	Cleveland, Southwest	34,695
18	Warren	34,385
19	Cleveland, East	33,705
20	Columbus, East	33,335
21	Chillicothe	31,760
22	Newark	31,215
23	Piqua	31,080
24	Batavia	30,690
25	Cleveland, Downtown	29,760
26	Middletown	27,015
27	Defiance	26,585
28	Columbus, West	26,295
29	Medina	26,210
30	Zanesville	26,170
31	Xenia	26,130
32	Sandusky	24,510
33	Toledo, West	24,050
34	Findlay	23,350
35	Lancaster	22,930
36	Ravenna	22,770
37	Akron, West	21,420
38	Wooster	20,500
39	Columbus, Downtown	20,170
40	New Philadelphia	18,015
41	East Liverpool	17,545
42	Bowling Green	16,105
43	Ashtabula	15,045
44	Steubenville	13,955
45	Portsmouth	13,310
46	Marietta	12,395
47	Cleveland, Northeast	11,935
48	Wheeling, WV	10,645
49	Cleveland, Buckeye-Shaker	9,725
50	Athens	9,405
51	Cleveland, Southeast	8,670
52	Gallipolis	8,455
53	Fremont	8,340
54	Ironton	8,225
55	Cambridge	7,595
56	Dayton, West	6,435
57	Cleveland, Northwest	4,135