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There were 45,310 OASDI beneficiaries in Harlingen in 2019, ranking it 46th 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 cities ranked by number of beneficiaries in Texas.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in Texas (2019)

Rank	Field Office	Number of Beneficiaries
1	Houston, Southwest	184,755
2	Dallas, North	164,860
3	Houston, Northwest	159,245
4	Conroe	155,205
5	Fort Worth	153,895
6	Pasadena	135,485
7	San Antonio, Central	134,135
8	Mid-Cities	124,855
9	McKinney	117,590
10	San Antonio, Northwest	108,305
11	Georgetown	107,195
12	El Paso	105,860
13	Austin	105,120
14	Tyler	93,135
15	Denton	92,550
16	Corpus Christi	92,105
17	Temple	83,160
18	Dallas, Oakcliff	81,400
19	Lufkin	80,065
20	Houston, Northeast	76,515
21	San Antonio, South	74,340
22	McAllen	69,265
23	Dallas, Pleasant Grove	66,020
24	Waco	65,445
25	Fort Worth, South	64,005
26	Angleton	63,065
27	Lubbock	62,970
28	League City	60,585
29	Beaumont	59,105
30	Cleburne	59,080
31	Houston, Southeast	58,590
32	Odessa	55,980
33	Longview	54,690
34	Amarillo	52,720
35	Austin, South	52,185
36	Victoria	51,455
37	Wichita Falls	49,885
38	San Antonio, Downtown	48,125
39	Abilene	47,460
40	Waxahachie	47,250
41	Bryan	47,090
42	Kerrville	47,050
43	Brownsville	46,840
44	Greenville	46,400
45	Sherman	46,245
46	Harlingen	45,310
47	Port Arthur	43,280
48	Seguin	40,910
49	Laredo	40,240
50	Mission	36,355
51	San Angelo	36,090
52	San Marcos	34,700
53	Brenham	33,985
54	El Paso, Downtown	32,850
55	Eagle Pass	30,980
56	Texarkana	29,215
57	Palestine	21,015
58	Corsicana	20,605
59	Brownwood	18,670
60	Alice	18,090
61	Paris	17,390
62	Pampa	15,380
63	Mount Pleasant	15,070
64	Marshall	14,540
65	Big Spring	13,590
66	Dallas Fair Park	11,950
67	Plainview	10,870
68	Hobbs, NM	3,470
69	Clovis, NM	1,450