Portage Times

There were 2,575 OASDI widow and parent beneficiaries in Ravenna in 2018, ranking it the 33th in Ohio, 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 widow and parent beneficiaries in Ohio.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries in Ohio (2018)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries
1	Dayton	7,550
2	Canton	7,410
3	Akron, Downtown	5,795
4	Cincinnati, Downtown	5,600
5	Youngstown	5,235
6	Hamilton	5,130
7	Cincinnati, North	5,005
8	Painesville	4,990
9	Lorain	4,980
10	Lima	4,690
11	Springfield	4,575
12	Chillicothe	4,555
13	Toledo, Downtown	4,365
13	Cleveland, West	4,365
15	Warren	4,225
16	Mansfield	4,030
17	Columbus, North	3,835
18	Cleveland, Southwest	3,690
19	Marion	3,665
20	Batavia	3,560
21	Zanesville	3,440
22	Newark	3,395
23	Cleveland, Downtown	3,360
24	Middletown	3,275
25	Columbus, East	3,245
26	Piqua	3,170
27	Columbus, West	3,140
28	Cleveland, East	3,000
29	Defiance	2,865
30	Xenia	2,800
31	Akron, West	2,640
32	Toledo, West	2,595
33	Ravenna	2,575
34	Sandusky	2,550
35	Portsmouth	2,525
36	Medina	2,505
37	Lancaster	2,465
37	East Liverpool	2,465
39	Findlay	2,425
40	New Philadelphia	2,365
41	Steubenville	2,320
42	Wooster	2,065
43	Columbus, Downtown	2,005
44	Marietta	1,890
45	Ashtabula	1,765
46	Bowling Green	1,650
47	Wheeling, WV	1,610
48	Ironton	1,590
49	Gallipolis	1,545
50	Athens	1,495
51	Cleveland, Northeast	1,360
52	Cleveland, Buckeye-Shaker	1,045
53	Cambridge	1,035
54	Cleveland, Southeast	975
55	Fremont	855
56	Dayton, West	810
57	Cleveland, Northwest	630