Panama City Reporter

There were 10,550 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Panama City in 2019, ranking it 21st in Florida, 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 Florida.

Rank	Field Office	Number of Disabled Workers
1	Jacksonville, South	30,585
2	Ocala	22,280
3	Orlando	22,095
4	New Port Richey	20,140
5	Kissimmee	18,685
6	Fort Myers	18,040
7	Pensacola	17,875
8	St. Petersburg	17,275
9	Melbourne	16,855
10	West Palm Beach	15,715
11	Port St. Lucie	15,545
12	Leesburg	15,475
13	Port Orange	15,065
14	Carrollwood	14,060
15	Tampa	13,650
16	Clearwater	13,435
17	Lakeland	12,785
18	Lake Mary	11,595
19	Winter Haven	11,445
20	Tallahassee	11,115
21	Panama City	10,550
22	Dade City	10,455
23	Gainesville	10,350
24	Miami, Perrine	10,335
25	Fort Lauderdale	9,295
26	Bradenton	9,110
27	Broward, South	8,975
28	Jacksonville, North	8,790
29	Miami, North	8,540
30	Hillsborough, East	8,445
31	Broward, North	8,430
32	Delray Beach	8,115
33	Deland	7,935
34	Port Charlotte	7,530
35	Fort Lauderdale, East	7,380
36	Venice	6,135
37	Naples	6,070
38	Miami, South	6,020
39	Lake City	5,960
40	Hialeah	5,850
41	Fort Walton Beach	5,815
42	Sarasota	5,355
43	Vero Beach	4,990
44	St. Augustine	4,820
45	Sebring	4,630
46	Miami, Allapattah	3,855
47	Cocoa	3,750
48	Miami, Little Havana	3,705
49	Miami, Little River	3,070
50	Marianna	2,820
51	Belle Glade	1,670
52	Miami Beach	1,125
53	Key West	1,010