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There were 4,480 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in West Branch in 2019, ranking it 32nd in Michigan, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program 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 disabled workers in Michigan.

Rank	Field Office	Number of Disabled Workers
1	Grand Rapids	20,170
2	Lansing	17,270
3	Pontiac	14,285
4	Flint, Downtown	14,000
5	Saginaw	13,315
6	Roseville	11,605
7	Detroit, Northwest	10,865
8	Kalamazoo	10,600
9	Inkster	10,395
10	Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph	9,910
11	Muskegon	9,615
12	Fort Gratiot	9,565
13	Chesterfield	9,225
14	Wyandotte	8,940
15	Battle Creek	8,825
16	Dearborn	8,710
17	Jackson	7,740
18	Holland	7,315
19	Ann Arbor	7,285
20	Flint, North	7,250
21	Bay City	7,235
22	Sterling Heights	6,410
23	Traverse City	6,330
24	Mount Pleasant	5,940
25	Clawson	5,885
26	Detroit, Highland Park	5,495
27	Detroit, East	5,395
28	Monroe	5,365
29	Detroit, 7 Mile Wyoming	5,080
30	Livonia	4,740
31	Farmington	4,555
32	West Branch	4,480
33	Alpena	4,410
34	Big Rapids	4,265
35	Escanaba	3,990
36	Petoskey	3,925
37	Ludington	3,670
38	Adrian	3,585
39	Detroit, Grand River	3,035
40	Owosso	2,970
41	Marquette	2,595
42	Detroit, Downtown	2,220
43	Cadillac	2,140
44	Sault Sainte Marie	2,110
45	Detroit, Conner Avenue	2,000
46	Houghton	1,670
47	Detroit, Southwest	1,445
48	Ironwood	720
49	Marinette, WI	675
50	Rhinelander, WI	0