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There were 1,735 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Houghton in 2018, ranking it 46th in Michigan, 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 Michigan.

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Grand Rapids	20,650
2	Lansing	17,575
3	Pontiac	14,585
4	Flint, Downtown	14,040
5	Saginaw	13,385
6	Roseville	11,610
7	Detroit, Northwest	11,080
8	Kalamazoo	10,890
9	Inkster	10,620
10	Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph	10,100
11	Muskegon	9,755
12	Fort Gratiot	9,635
13	Chesterfield	9,360
14	Wyandotte	9,110
15	Battle Creek	8,925
16	Dearborn	8,910
17	Jackson	7,810
18	Ann Arbor	7,455
19	Holland	7,370
20	Flint, North	7,330
21	Bay City	7,285
22	Traverse City	6,455
22	Sterling Heights	6,455
24	Clawson	6,050
25	Mount Pleasant	5,955
26	Detroit, Highland Park	5,610
27	Detroit, East	5,525
28	Monroe	5,325
29	Detroit, 7 Mile Wyoming	5,195
30	Livonia	4,855
31	Farmington	4,715
32	West Branch	4,495
33	Alpena	4,450
34	Big Rapids	4,320
35	Escanaba	4,050
36	Petoskey	3,970
37	Ludington	3,680
38	Adrian	3,645
39	Detroit, Grand River	3,160
40	Owosso	2,970
41	Marquette	2,700
42	Detroit, Downtown	2,325
43	Cadillac	2,175
44	Sault Sainte Marie	2,135
45	Detroit, Conner Avenue	2,100
46	Houghton	1,735
47	Detroit, Southwest	1,550
48	Ironwood	735
49	Marinette, WI	680
50	Rhinelander, WI	0