Muncie Reporter

There were 33,410 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Muncie in 2018, ranking it 14th in Indiana, 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 Indiana.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Fort Wayne	70,600
2	Anderson	66,010
3	Evansville	55,755
4	Columbus	52,345
5	South Bend	49,680
6	Indianapolis, Northwest	48,820
7	New Albany	46,165
8	Bloomington	43,205
9	Elkhart	41,850
10	Indianapolis	40,615
11	Lafayette	40,320
12	Indianapolis, Northeast	35,125
13	Merrillville	34,855
14	Muncie	33,410
15	Kokomo	28,655
16	Madison	28,630
17	Terre Haute	28,570
18	Valparaiso	27,540
19	Richmond	22,165
20	Hammond	21,465
21	Marion	19,605
22	Auburn	19,600
23	Crawfordsville	19,160
24	Michigan City	16,290
25	Vincennes	13,450
26	Gary	11,825
27	Danville, IL	5,305