Central Virginia Times

There were 54,945 OASDI beneficiaries in Charlottesville in 2019, ranking it 12th in Virginia, 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 Virginia.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Richmond, Downtown	124,265
2	Roanoke	116,590
3	Manassas	93,975
4	Alexandria	93,515
5	Fairfax	85,210
6	Virginia Beach	76,955
7	Chesterfield	71,200
8	Newport News	69,915
9	Norfolk	64,180
10	Lynchburg	62,165
11	Fredricksburg	60,285
12	Charlottesville	54,945
13	Petersburg	47,635
14	Winchester	43,130
15	Bristol	39,635
16	Hampton	39,315
17	Harrisonburg	35,250
18	Wytheville	33,990
19	Suffolk	33,845
20	Culpeper	33,325
21	Portsmouth	32,200
22	Staunton	31,520
23	Danville	29,900
24	Richmond, East	29,010
25	Bluefield, WV	28,390
26	Martinsville	27,600
27	Wise	26,145
28	Farmville	24,275
29	South Boston	21,770
30	Accomac	13,805
31	Covington	7,985
32	Kingsport, TN	7,410