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There were 26,835 OASDI beneficiaries in New Philadelphia in 2019, ranking it 41st 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 cities ranked by number of beneficiaries in Ohio.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Dayton	105,660
2	Canton	94,635
3	Cincinnati, Downtown	86,165
4	Akron, Downtown	76,360
5	Hamilton	73,095
6	Painesville	71,890
7	Cincinnati, North	69,420
8	Lorain	65,970
9	Lima	62,615
9	Columbus, North	62,615
11	Toledo, Downtown	62,160
12	Springfield	60,375
13	Cleveland, West	59,895
14	Youngstown	58,895
15	Mansfield	53,410
16	Chillicothe	52,700
17	Warren	52,515
18	Marion	52,290
19	Columbus, East	50,740
20	Cleveland, Southwest	48,515
21	Batavia	48,265
22	Newark	46,840
23	Cleveland, Downtown	46,420
24	Cleveland, East	45,260
25	Piqua	44,985
26	Columbus, West	43,835
27	Zanesville	42,735
28	Middletown	41,500
29	Defiance	39,655
30	Xenia	37,975
31	Medina	37,135
32	Toledo, West	36,205
33	Sandusky	36,120
34	Lancaster	35,040
35	Findlay	34,115
36	Ravenna	33,655
37	Columbus, Downtown	32,160
38	Akron, West	32,145
39	Wooster	29,140
40	East Liverpool	27,090
41	New Philadelphia	26,835
42	Portsmouth	24,760
43	Ashtabula	23,755
44	Bowling Green	23,415
45	Steubenville	22,500
46	Marietta	19,915
47	Cleveland, Northeast	19,495
48	Wheeling, WV	16,235
49	Athens	16,135
50	Cleveland, Buckeye-Shaker	15,240
51	Ironton	15,225
52	Gallipolis	15,060
53	Cleveland, Southeast	13,760
54	Fremont	12,540
55	Cambridge	11,950
56	Dayton, West	10,320
57	Cleveland, Northwest	8,475