The 5 New York families and Chicago were the strongest in the country, to get even more granular the Genovese and Chicago families were the strongest in Cosa Nostra followed by the Gambinos and Luccheses and below them were the Bonnanos and Colombos after that I would say Buffalo because they were on the commission and the large swaths of terriitory they controlled beyond Buffalo in Niagra Falls and into Toronto.Then you had New England followed closely by Philadelphia and below them was Detroit after that they’re was a gap where families below them had less than 40 members and may have big time in theyre area but were small time in the overall scheme of Cosa Nostra...New England in its heyday had roughly 80 made members and 9 captains....50 or so made members and 5 captains in Boston and 3 in Rhode Island w roughly 25 made members and 1 captain and 8-10 made guys in Connecticut, Springfield areas(which you did have some patriarcas,not to mention New Jersey,Philadelphia were around as well)and In Hartford etc the Gambinos and Genovese....