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There were 47,775 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Temple in 2018, ranking it 19th in Texas, 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 Texas.

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

Rank	Field Office	Number of Retired Workers
1	Houston, Southwest	123,905
2	Dallas, North	118,165
3	Houston, Northwest	104,185
4	Conroe	103,370
5	Fort Worth	101,650
6	San Antonio, Central	89,485
7	Mid-Cities	85,135
8	Pasadena	84,695
9	McKinney	81,840
10	Georgetown	75,515
11	Austin	71,085
12	San Antonio, Northwest	66,920
13	Tyler	63,680
14	Denton	63,325
15	El Paso	61,660
16	Corpus Christi	57,900
17	Lufkin	52,835
18	Dallas, Oakcliff	51,380
19	Temple	47,775
20	Houston, Northeast	46,350
21	San Antonio, South	42,910
22	Waco	42,750
23	McAllen	41,935
24	Fort Worth, South	41,580
25	Dallas, Pleasant Grove	41,230
26	Angleton	41,110
27	Cleburne	40,760
28	Lubbock	40,540
29	League City	40,345
30	Houston, Southeast	39,555
31	Beaumont	36,285
32	Austin, South	36,140
33	Odessa	35,505
34	Amarillo	35,270
35	Kerrville	35,015
36	Longview	34,285
37	Victoria	34,015
38	Wichita Falls	32,335
39	Sherman	31,725
40	Bryan	31,620
41	Abilene	31,540
42	Waxahachie	31,355
43	Greenville	31,345
44	San Antonio, Downtown	28,780
45	Brownsville	28,500
46	Harlingen	28,295
47	Seguin	27,740
48	Port Arthur	26,370
49	San Angelo	24,925
50	Brenham	23,830
51	Laredo	23,700
52	San Marcos	23,140
53	Mission	21,185
54	El Paso, Downtown	21,115
55	Eagle Pass	19,185
56	Texarkana	18,150
57	Corsicana	13,475
58	Palestine	13,415
59	Brownwood	12,950
60	Paris	11,385
61	Alice	10,620
62	Pampa	10,155
63	Mount Pleasant	9,755
64	Marshall	9,235
65	Big Spring	8,865
66	Dallas Fair Park	7,185
67	Plainview	7,120
68	Hobbs, NM	2,065
69	Clovis, NM	900