West Virginia ranked 31st in total OASDI disabled workers in 2020

May 1, 2022

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There were 80,614 total OASDI disabled workers West Virginia in 2020, ranking it 31st 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 2020

Rank	State	Number of Disabled Workers
1	California	594,117
2	Florida	534,714
3	Texas	531,099
4	New York	463,759
5	Pennsylvania	379,681
6	Ohio	331,098
7	Michigan	319,288
8	North Carolina	306,204
9	Georgia	270,507
10	Illinois	260,426
11	Tennessee	231,573
12	Alabama	213,906
13	Missouri	200,074
14	Virginia	199,120
15	Indiana	193,802
16	Kentucky	185,594
17	Massachusetts	182,588
18	New Jersey	180,545
19	South Carolina	166,551
20	Washington	158,774
21	Wisconsin	153,293
22	Louisiana	148,001
23	Arizona	146,576
24	Arkansas	129,636
25	Oklahoma	121,207
26	Maryland	121,139
27	Mississippi	118,358
28	Minnesota	116,968
29	Oregon	99,498
30	Colorado	92,314
31	West Virginia	80,614
32	Connecticut	76,746
33	Iowa	75,552
34	Kansas	68,326
35	Nevada	61,622
36	New Mexico	61,294
37	Maine	52,833
38	New Hampshire	45,003
39	Utah	44,846
40	Idaho	42,930
41	Nebraska	39,689
42	Rhode Island	34,539
43	Delaware	25,981
44	Montana	25,733
45	Vermont	20,714
46	Hawaii	20,090
47	South Dakota	17,960
48	North Dakota	13,946
49	Wyoming	13,025
50	District of Columbia	12,740
51	Alaska	11,362