East Volusia News

There were 140,220 OASDI beneficiaries in Port Orange in 2019, ranking it 10th in Florida, 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 Florida.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Jacksonville, South	210,665
2	Leesburg	190,505
3	Ocala	182,580
4	Fort Myers	182,490
5	West Palm Beach	175,725
6	Delray Beach	149,845
7	Melbourne	141,760
8	Port St. Lucie	141,710
9	Orlando	140,495
10	Port Orange	140,220
11	New Port Richey	129,205
12	St. Petersburg	128,100
13	Clearwater	126,415
14	Kissimmee	123,445
15	Naples	122,140
16	Pensacola	113,845
17	Fort Lauderdale	98,425
18	Lake Mary	97,230
19	Tampa	96,635
20	Bradenton	96,415
21	Miami, Perrine	94,775
22	Carrollwood	94,570
23	Broward, South	91,115
24	Miami, South	90,985
25	Broward, North	87,350
26	Tallahassee	85,855
27	Lakeland	84,535
28	Sarasota	82,700
29	Venice	81,615
30	Dade City	77,995
31	Gainesville	77,255
32	Miami, North	77,000
33	Winter Haven	75,845
34	Port Charlotte	74,385
35	Panama City	71,515
36	Hialeah	68,515
37	St. Augustine	59,580
38	Deland	58,870
39	Hillsborough, East	57,625
40	Jacksonville, North	57,000
41	Fort Lauderdale, East	56,705
42	Vero Beach	55,180
43	Miami, Little Havana	51,515
44	Fort Walton Beach	45,205
45	Sebring	40,410
46	Lake City	37,550
47	Cocoa	24,850
48	Miami, Allapattah	23,715
49	Miami, Little River	19,295
50	Miami Beach	16,470
51	Marianna	16,320
52	Key West	11,630
53	Belle Glade	10,670