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There were 15,795 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Vidalia in 2018, ranking it 30th in Georgia, 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 Social Security field offices ranked by number of retired workers in Georgia.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Retired Workers in Georgia (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Marietta	138,230
2	Gwinnett	95,315
3	Gainesville	86,480
4	South Lake	55,670
5	Augusta	54,185
6	Savannah	51,835
7	Rome	46,740
8	Decatur	45,245
9	Carrollton	42,575
10	Covington	41,430
11	Athens	38,295
12	Winder	37,950
13	Columbus	35,080
14	Atlanta, West	34,540
15	Atlanta, Downtown	32,805
16	Macon	32,110
17	Toccoa	31,260
18	Albany	30,285
19	Griffin	27,090
20	Warner Robins	26,505
21	Newnan	25,335
22	Waycross	23,545
23	Brunswick	23,090
24	Chattanooga, TN	22,300
25	Thomasville	21,280
26	Valdosta	20,175
27	Dalton	17,950
28	Milledgeville	16,960
29	Statesboro	16,905
30	Vidalia	15,795
31	LaGrange	15,600
32	Dublin	15,410
33	Tifton	13,465
34	Cordele	10,510