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Independence ranks seventh in Kansas total disabled OASDI beneficiaries in 2019

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There were 4,080 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Independence in 2019, ranking it seventh in Kansas, 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 Kansas.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Disabled Workers in Kansas (2019)
RankField OfficeNumber of Disabled Workers
1Wichita18,210
2Topeka8,050
3Johnson County7,920
4Kansas City6,845
5Lawrence4,910
6Hutchinson4,310
7Independence4,080
8Salina3,835
9Manhattan3,145
10Dodge City2,825
11Hays2,590
12Joplin, MO2,080
13St. Joseph, MO1,115
14Nevada, MO450
15Grand Island, NE0

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