Emerald Coast Times

There were 5,780 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Fort Walton Beach in 2018, ranking it 41st 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 Retired Workers
1	Jacksonville, South	30,955
2	Orlando	22,675
3	Ocala	22,145
4	New Port Richey	20,380
5	Kissimmee	18,805
6	Pensacola	18,095
7	Fort Myers	18,060
8	St. Petersburg	17,945
9	Melbourne	16,930
10	West Palm Beach	16,075
11	Port St. Lucie	15,595
12	Leesburg	15,290
13	Port Orange	15,100
14	Carrollwood	14,370
15	Clearwater	13,785
16	Tampa	13,745
17	Lakeland	12,820
18	Lake Mary	11,790
19	Panama City	11,210
20	Winter Haven	11,130
21	Tallahassee	11,085
22	Miami, Perrine	10,530
23	Gainesville	10,425
24	Dade City	10,380
25	Fort Lauderdale	9,395
26	Broward, South	9,260
27	Bradenton	9,165
28	Miami, North	8,905
29	Jacksonville, North	8,860
30	Broward, North	8,560
31	Hillsborough, East	8,490
32	Delray Beach	8,300
33	Deland	7,965
34	Fort Lauderdale, East	7,630
35	Port Charlotte	7,535
36	Miami, South	6,270
37	Venice	6,155
38	Naples	6,105
39	Hialeah	6,000
40	Lake City	5,980
41	Fort Walton Beach	5,780
42	Sarasota	5,440
43	Vero Beach	4,915
44	St. Augustine	4,785
45	Sebring	4,665
46	Miami, Allapattah	4,045
47	Miami, Little Havana	3,850
48	Cocoa	3,825
49	Miami, Little River	3,150
50	Marianna	2,880
51	Belle Glade	1,655
52	Miami Beach	1,205
53	Key West	1,080