Cambria Times

There were 8,310 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Johnstown in 2018, ranking it 19th in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania.

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Philadelphia, Northeast	18,335
2	Lancaster	14,380
3	Allentown	13,705
4	Scranton	13,405
5	York	13,030
6	Fairless Hills	12,985
7	Reading	11,230
8	Philadelphia, Germantown	10,295
9	Pittsburgh, Downtown	10,280
10	Erie	10,215
11	Wilkes-Barre	9,955
12	Philadelphia, University City	9,910
13	Harrisburg	9,900
14	Norristown	9,710
15	Altoona	8,880
16	Greensburg	8,815
17	Chester	8,685
18	Chambersburg	8,680
19	Johnstown	8,310
20	West Chester	7,480
21	Ambridge	7,170
22	Stroudsburg, East	6,935
23	Du Bois	6,925
24	Washington	6,170
25	Philadelphia, Nicetown	6,095
26	Selinsgrove	5,950
27	Carlisle	5,850
28	Hazleton	5,825
29	Pottsville	5,805
30	Uniontown	5,665
31	McKeesport	5,645
32	Butler	5,410
33	Williamsport	5,400
34	Upper Darby	5,370
35	Philadelphia, Downtown	5,330
36	Pittsburgh, East Liberty	5,270
37	Pittsburgh, Mount Lebanon	5,250
38	Limerick	5,110
39	Bethlehem	4,765
40	Sharon	4,745
41	Cranberry	4,720
42	Lebanon	4,305
43	Easton	4,290
44	New Kensington	4,280
45	New Castle	4,195
46	Monroeville	4,160
47	Rostraver	3,665
48	Philadelphia, Aramingo	3,605
49	Philadelphia, South	3,180
50	Indiana	3,040
51	Meadville	3,030
52	Kittanning	2,905
53	Bloomsburg	2,870
54	Towanda	2,665
55	State College	2,505
56	Lewistown	2,380
57	Olean, NY	2,365
58	Jamestown, NY	1,630
59	Corning, NY	1,565
60	Binghamton, NY	1,165