Shiawassee Times

There were 12,375 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Owosso in 2018, ranking it 39th 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 Social Security field offices ranked by number of retired workers in Michigan.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Grand Rapids	98,965
2	Lansing	94,865
3	Pontiac	90,475
4	Flint, Downtown	61,615
5	Saginaw	55,685
6	Kalamazoo	50,135
7	Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph	49,715
8	Holland	44,995
9	Chesterfield	44,930
10	Livonia	42,770
11	Sterling Heights	42,540
12	Traverse City	42,420
13	Ann Arbor	42,300
14	Farmington	42,150
15	Fort Gratiot	42,125
16	Roseville	37,210
17	Battle Creek	34,725
18	Muskegon	33,540
19	Jackson	33,305
20	Detroit, Northwest	32,635
21	Wyandotte	32,395
22	Clawson	31,310
23	Dearborn	31,035
24	Inkster	30,915
25	Bay City	28,520
26	Petoskey	24,585
27	Mount Pleasant	24,285
28	Monroe	23,295
29	West Branch	19,540
30	Escanaba	19,490
31	Alpena	18,665
32	Adrian	17,960
33	Flint, North	17,785
34	Ludington	16,905
35	Big Rapids	16,870
36	Detroit, East	16,555
37	Detroit, 7 Mile Wyoming	14,995
38	Marquette	13,780
39	Owosso	12,375
40	Detroit, Highland Park	12,175
41	Sault Sainte Marie	10,210
42	Houghton	10,080
43	Cadillac	8,635
44	Detroit, Grand River	7,295
45	Detroit, Downtown	6,210
46	Detroit, Conner Avenue	5,050
47	Marinette, WI	3,930
48	Ironwood	3,495
49	Detroit, Southwest	2,690
50	Rhinelander, WI	15