Pine Belt Times

There were 27,835 OASDI beneficiaries in Laurel in 2018, ranking it ninth in Mississippi, 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 Mississippi.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Gulfport	86,380
2	Jackson	60,265
3	Tupelo	53,640
4	Hattiesburg	53,315
5	Olive Branch	48,415
6	Forest	35,705
7	Columbus	35,270
8	Meridian	28,660
9	Laurel	27,835
10	Vicksburg	25,330
11	Corinth	23,035
12	Moss Point	23,005
13	Grenada	19,475
14	Brookhaven	19,465
15	Greenville	17,995
16	Philadelphia	17,665
17	McComb	16,585
18	Starkville	16,500
19	Greenwood	16,105
20	Natchez	14,245
21	Kosciusko	10,140
22	Cleveland	10,115
23	Clarksdale	9,460