Organized crime “members and associates.” The FBI estimated that throughout the country the number of “core” associates was 5-times that of initiated members in any given Mafia family. *This number does not include secondary and peripheral associates. (Including other ethnicities, overall the FBI felt a 10-times figure as being representative.) So for every one member, there were 10 associates of varying importance.

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Genovese 500 + 2500
Gambino 500 + 2500
Bonanno 300 + 1500
Colombo 150 + 750
Lucchese 125 + 525
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1,575 + 7,775 = 9,350 estimated total man power


1950 Total Population Census (approximate)
Chicago: 3,500,000
New York: 8,000,000

Total Geographic Area:
City of Chicago: 231.7 miles
City of New York: 302.6 miles

Gross Domestic Product Revenue (2022 estimates)
City of Chicago: $630.13 billion
City of New York: $1.2 trillion
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.....So, at the end of the day, who wins?