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There were 1,710 OASDI widow and parent beneficiaries in West Branch in 2018, ranking it the 33th 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 widow and parent beneficiaries in Michigan.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries in Michigan (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries
1	Grand Rapids	7,785
2	Pontiac	7,765
3	Lansing	7,505
4	Flint, Downtown	6,360
5	Saginaw	5,935
6	Roseville	5,095
7	Chesterfield	4,625
8	Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph	4,315
9	Fort Gratiot	4,255
10	Dearborn	4,230
11	Wyandotte	4,070
12	Kalamazoo	4,050
13	Sterling Heights	4,045
14	Inkster	3,760
15	Livonia	3,520
16	Farmington	3,475
17	Detroit, Northwest	3,335
18	Bay City	3,215
19	Holland	3,160
20	Muskegon	3,140
21	Clawson	3,095
21	Battle Creek	3,095
23	Ann Arbor	3,035
24	Jackson	2,985
25	Traverse City	2,950
26	Monroe	2,530
27	Flint, North	2,310
28	Mount Pleasant	2,265
29	Detroit, East	1,910
30	Petoskey	1,900
31	Escanaba	1,845
32	Alpena	1,825
33	West Branch	1,710
34	Detroit, Highland Park	1,660
35	Detroit, 7 Mile Wyoming	1,610
36	Big Rapids	1,500
37	Adrian	1,490
38	Ludington	1,360
39	Owosso	1,305
40	Marquette	1,225
41	Detroit, Grand River	990
42	Houghton	860
43	Sault Sainte Marie	840
44	Cadillac	755
45	Detroit, Conner Avenue	740
46	Detroit, Downtown	725
47	Detroit, Southwest	540
48	Marinette, WI	345
49	Ironwood	315
50	Rhinelander, WI	0