Palm Coast Times

There were 43,155 OASDI retired beneficiaries in St. Augustine in 2018, ranking it 37th 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 Social Security field offices ranked by number of retired workers in Florida.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Leesburg	148,895
2	Jacksonville, South	140,255
3	Fort Myers	135,120
4	Ocala	132,905
5	West Palm Beach	129,230
6	Delray Beach	119,550
7	Port Orange	103,560
8	Port St. Lucie	103,005
9	Melbourne	101,375
10	Naples	95,385
11	Clearwater	93,775
12	St. Petersburg	91,655
13	Orlando	91,300
14	New Port Richey	88,255
15	Kissimmee	78,970
16	Pensacola	73,925
17	Bradenton	71,395
18	Fort Lauderdale	71,110
19	Miami, South	69,590
20	Lake Mary	67,800
21	Broward, South	65,230
22	Tampa	65,110
23	Miami, Perrine	64,715
24	Sarasota	64,585
25	Broward, North	63,695
26	Venice	63,475
27	Carrollwood	63,020
28	Tallahassee	60,060
29	Lakeland	56,875
30	Port Charlotte	56,180
31	Dade City	54,305
32	Miami, North	53,560
33	Gainesville	52,590
34	Winter Haven	51,140
35	Hialeah	50,585
36	Panama City	49,170
37	St. Augustine	43,155
38	Vero Beach	41,150
39	Deland	40,505
40	Fort Lauderdale, East	40,145
41	Miami, Little Havana	38,930
42	Hillsborough, East	38,590
43	Jacksonville, North	36,975
44	Fort Walton Beach	30,640
45	Sebring	29,650
46	Lake City	24,375
47	Cocoa	16,915
48	Miami, Allapattah	15,260
49	Miami, Little River	12,765
50	Miami Beach	12,635
51	Marianna	10,435
52	Key West	9,015
53	Belle Glade	6,640