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There were 27,570 OASDI beneficiaries in Alpena in 2018, ranking it 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 cities ranked by number of beneficiaries in Michigan.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Grand Rapids	141,905
2	Lansing	133,305
3	Pontiac	125,605
4	Flint, Downtown	92,160
5	Saginaw	84,625
6	Kalamazoo	72,465
7	Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph	70,835
8	Chesterfield	65,525
9	Fort Gratiot	62,305
10	Holland	61,125
11	Roseville	61,045
12	Sterling Heights	59,090
13	Ann Arbor	59,035
14	Livonia	56,595
15	Traverse City	56,470
16	Farmington	55,750
17	Detroit, Northwest	53,820
18	Dearborn	52,390
19	Battle Creek	52,195
20	Muskegon	51,930
21	Inkster	51,715
22	Wyandotte	51,400
23	Jackson	49,075
24	Clawson	44,755
25	Bay City	43,670
26	Mount Pleasant	36,375
27	Monroe	35,125
28	Petoskey	33,325
29	Flint, North	31,770
30	West Branch	28,245
31	Detroit, East	28,155
32	Escanaba	28,070
33	Alpena	27,570
34	Adrian	25,500
35	Big Rapids	25,315
36	Detroit, 7 Mile Wyoming	24,835
37	Ludington	24,115
38	Detroit, Highland Park	23,160
39	Marquette	19,575
40	Owosso	18,775
41	Sault Sainte Marie	14,490
42	Houghton	13,955
43	Detroit, Grand River	13,295
44	Cadillac	12,855
45	Detroit, Downtown	10,190
46	Detroit, Conner Avenue	8,885
47	Detroit, Southwest	6,010
48	Marinette, WI	5,395
49	Ironwood	4,935
50	Rhinelander, WI	15