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Paducah ranks 12th in Kentucky total disabled OASDI beneficiaries in 2018

There were 6,615 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Paducah in 2018, ranking it 12th in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Disabled Workers in Kentucky (2018)
RankField OfficeNumber of Retired Workers
1Louisville, Downtown19,775
2Lexington14,390
3Florence13,045
4Bowling Green12,640
5Elizabethtown12,480
6Corbin11,375
7Frankfort10,120
8Ashland9,975
9Prestonsburg7,650
10Owensboro7,525
11Richmond7,265
12Paducah6,615
13Hazard6,460
14Hopkinsville6,245
15Campbellsville6,225
16Louisville, East6,135
17Somerset5,910
18Pikeville5,765
19Danville4,720
20Mayfield3,690
21Maysville3,280
22Jackson3,045
23Madisonville3,035
24Henderson2,935
25Harlan2,480
26Middlesboro2,030

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