High Country Times

There were 39,290 OASDI beneficiaries in Wilkesboro in 2019, ranking it 21st in North Carolina, 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 North Carolina.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in North Carolina (2019)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Raleigh	160,855
2	Charlotte	153,095
3	Greensboro	150,700
4	Wilmington	112,675
5	Asheville	110,810
6	Winston-Salem	104,195
7	Fayetteville	99,420
8	Durham	94,745
9	Hickory	94,260
10	New Bern	81,540
11	Gastonia	69,520
12	Concord	68,610
13	Salisbury	65,200
14	Sanford	57,670
15	Hendersonville	52,925
16	Shelby	45,105
17	Franklin	43,040
18	Greenville	40,465
19	Statesville	39,830
20	Lumberton	39,295
21	Wilkesboro	39,290
22	Goldsboro	38,180
23	Rocky Mount	37,560
24	Henderson	36,785
25	Elizabeth City	35,640
26	Smithfield	31,650
27	Reidsville	30,890
28	Asheboro	29,560
29	Whiteville	22,915
30	Albemarle	22,525
31	Roanoke Rapids	21,800
32	Mount Airy	21,405
33	Washington	20,335
34	Kinston	20,275
35	Wilson	19,620
36	Rockingham	17,370
37	Ahoskie	14,645