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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Total OASDI beneficiaries in South Dakota increases in 2021

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There were 189,232 total OASDI beneficiaries in South Dakota in 2021, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

This is a 1.9 percent increase over 2020 which had 185,752 total beneficiaries.

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.