Mississippi ranked 27th in total OASDI disabled workers in 2021

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There were 114,383 total OASDI disabled workers Mississippi in 2021, ranking it 27th in the United States, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program 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.

State Ranking by Number of Disabled Workers in 2021

Rank State Number of Disabled Workers
1 California 565,270
2 Florida 520,045
3 Texas 513,527
4 New York 447,428
5 Pennsylvania 368,244
6 Ohio 322,274
7 Michigan 307,554
8 North Carolina 296,199
9 Georgia 262,794
10 Illinois 251,128
11 Tennessee 222,515
12 Alabama 205,681
13 Missouri 194,556
14 Virginia 192,934
15 Indiana 189,432
16 Kentucky 179,822
17 Massachusetts 173,945
18 New Jersey 173,632
19 South Carolina 161,614
20 Washington 151,348
21 Wisconsin 147,961
22 Louisiana 143,284
23 Arizona 141,322
24 Arkansas 125,981
25 Oklahoma 118,777
26 Maryland 116,464
27 Mississippi 114,383
28 Minnesota 114,022
29 Oregon 96,685
30 Colorado 87,507
31 West Virginia 77,602
32 Connecticut 74,895
33 Iowa 74,363
34 Kansas 66,682
35 Nevada 59,661
36 New Mexico 58,346
37 Maine 50,945
38 Utah 43,781
39 New Hampshire 43,702
40 Idaho 41,769
41 Nebraska 38,910
42 Rhode Island 33,535
43 Delaware 25,286
44 Montana 24,869
45 Vermont 20,214
46 Hawaii 19,617
47 South Dakota 17,723
48 North Dakota 13,797
49 Wyoming 12,878
50 District of Columbia 12,097
51 Alaska 11,023


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