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There were 33,115 OASDI beneficiaries in Falmouth in 2018, ranking it 19th in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in Massachusetts (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Worcester	101,880
2	Springfield	88,890
3	Cambridge	78,235
4	Malden	62,590
5	Lowell	61,755
6	Holyoke	60,505
7	Quincy	53,210
8	Brockton	51,945
9	Lynn	50,435
10	Framingham	47,410
11	New Bedford	45,995
12	Hyannis	45,965
13	Hanover	45,370
14	Attleboro	38,975
15	Norwood	38,440
16	Salem	37,575
17	Boston	36,835
18	Fall River	35,965
19	Falmouth	33,115
20	Lawrence	32,850
21	Haverhill	30,530
22	Taunton	28,305
23	Waltham	28,050
24	Fitchburg	27,855
25	Pittsfield	25,320
26	Gardner	19,735
27	Boston, Roslindale	19,275
28	Roxbury	15,140
29	Boston, Dorchester	14,730
30	North Adams	9,515
31	Woonsocket, RI	6,600