i dont wanna turn this into another street gang vs mafia arguement but the fact remains that the gangster disciples, vice lords, and latin kings are super gangs with off the top of my head 25,000-30,000+ members each.
But none of these gangs are really affiliated with each other aside from their name. Like Mafia families today, they are independent of each other. So going by total numbers is misleading. I like comparing individual families to individual gangs. I don't think you'll find any gangs with over 250 members (Genovese) and definitely not over 1,500 (including associates). Same with the rest of the Five Families (who all have at least 1,000 members/associates). You may find some gangs comparable to the other families that are still active whose men probably range from 100-200. I'm no expert at gang statistics, but that seems like too high a number for a modern gang in America.
