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Waterville ranks fifth in Maine total disabled OASDI beneficiaries in 2019

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There were 5,555 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Waterville in 2019, ranking it fifth in Maine, 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 Maine.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Disabled Workers in Maine (2019)
RankField OfficeNumber of Disabled Workers
1Bangor11,780
2Portland10,310
3Auburn8,340
4Saco6,145
5Waterville5,555
6Augusta4,515
7Presque Isle3,835
8Rockland2,835
9Portsmouth, NH1,155
10Littleton, NH5

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