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There were 57,025 OASDI beneficiaries in Ambridge in 2019, ranking it 20th in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in Pennsylvania (2019)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Lancaster	115,715
2	Fairless Hills	115,075
3	Norristown	110,645
4	Allentown	102,395
5	York	98,875
6	Philadelphia, Northeast	93,520
7	Scranton	89,660
8	West Chester	86,745
9	Reading	79,190
10	Chester	78,550
11	Pittsburgh, Downtown	78,400
12	Greensburg	76,940
13	Harrisburg	69,775
14	Chambersburg	69,235
15	Philadelphia, Germantown	69,190
16	Erie	65,440
17	Wilkes-Barre	63,450
18	Altoona	59,670
19	Johnstown	58,190
20	Ambridge	57,025
21	Pittsburgh, Mount Lebanon	55,185
22	Carlisle	52,395
23	Washington	49,615
24	Butler	46,195
25	Du Bois	45,575
26	Philadelphia, University City	44,960
27	Selinsgrove	43,465
28	Limerick	42,465
29	Stroudsburg, East	39,790
30	Williamsport	38,560
31	Pittsburgh, East Liberty	37,110
32	Pottsville	36,790
33	Hazleton	36,780
34	Bethlehem	35,410
35	McKeesport	35,010
36	Easton	34,285
37	Lebanon	33,895
38	Uniontown	33,770
39	Philadelphia, Downtown	33,365
40	Upper Darby	31,400
41	Sharon	31,115
42	New Kensington	30,710
43	Cranberry	30,290
44	Monroeville	30,095
45	New Castle	27,855
46	State College	25,360
47	Rostraver	24,100
48	Bloomsburg	21,830
49	Indiana	21,655
50	Kittanning	21,115
51	Philadelphia, Nicetown	21,085
52	Towanda	19,770
53	Meadville	19,590
54	Lewistown	17,070
55	Philadelphia, South	16,655
56	Olean, NY	14,335
57	Philadelphia, Aramingo	12,810
58	Corning, NY	11,475
59	Jamestown, NY	11,160
60	Binghamton, NY	8,750