Going by themost recent estimates, the Outfit has a manpower of about 150. 25-30 members and a little over 100 associates.

The reduction in the size and scope of the Outfit is due, first, to attrition, and second, to law enforcement.

If you want to talk about ethnic shift, it's been the assimilation of Italians into mainstream society.

The competition from other groups being a reason for mob decline has long been exaggerated. Especially compared to the causes listed above.

The one big exception to that would be control of the drug trade. However, in the case of the Outfit, it always had limited involvement in narcotics so gangs growing in number and other groups controlling drugs has little to do with reducing the Outfit's reach and power.

The Outfit today is similar to other small families outside NY by illegal gambling being it's main niche. And related crimes, like loansharking and extortion, are more central than drugs, which they have a more peripheral involvement in.