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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Carlsbad ranks 11th in New Mexico total disabled OASDI beneficiaries in 2018

There were 1,160 disabled OASDI beneficiaries in Carlsbad in 2018, ranking it 11th in New Mexico, 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.

The following table shows Social Security field offices ranked by number of disabled workers in New Mexico.

Field Offices Ranking by Number of Disabled Workers in New Mexico (2018)
RankField OfficeNumber of Retired Workers
1Albuquerque20,265
2Las Cruces10,820
3Rio Rancho8,840
4Santa Fe7,575
5Farmington3,700
6Roswell3,200
7Las Vegas2,620
8Clovis2,475
9Gallup1,750
10Hobbs1,480
11Carlsbad1,160
12Durango, CO10
13Safford, AZ0
13El Paso, Downtown, TX0

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