There were 167,529 OASDI retired beneficiaries in Rhode Island in 2021, ranking it 45th in the United States, 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 states ranked by number of retired workers.
State Ranking by Number of Retired Workers in 2021
| Rank | State | Number of Retired Workers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 4,636,107 |
| 2 | Florida | 3,720,938 |
| 3 | Texas | 3,149,545 |
| 4 | New York | 2,684,406 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 2,088,154 |
| 6 | Ohio | 1,689,343 |
| 7 | Illinois | 1,676,914 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 1,611,146 |
| 9 | Michigan | 1,600,554 |
| 10 | Georgia | 1,359,691 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 1,244,222 |
| 12 | Virginia | 1,174,814 |
| 13 | Arizona | 1,105,267 |
| 14 | Washington | 1,068,554 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 1,044,660 |
| 16 | Indiana | 987,268 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 976,275 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 939,694 |
| 19 | Missouri | 936,580 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 883,812 |
| 21 | Minnesota | 829,789 |
| 22 | Maryland | 777,516 |
| 23 | Alabama | 760,698 |
| 24 | Colorado | 709,963 |
| 25 | Oregon | 695,077 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 647,855 |
| 27 | Louisiana | 583,793 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 561,018 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 532,298 |
| 30 | Iowa | 503,615 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 468,117 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 446,981 |
| 33 | Nevada | 438,116 |
| 34 | Kansas | 422,971 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 326,068 |
| 36 | Utah | 319,644 |
| 37 | West Virginia | 302,162 |
| 38 | Idaho | 282,455 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 270,312 |
| 40 | Maine | 258,610 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 236,601 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 230,841 |
| 43 | Montana | 189,757 |
| 44 | Delaware | 175,408 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 167,529 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 146,407 |
| 47 | Vermont | 116,636 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 105,753 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 91,386 |
| 50 | Alaska | 81,718 |
| 51 | The District of Columbia | 60,292 |
