Even if one wants to make an argument about the special situation with Outfit members, it doesn't change the the fact that the CCC had it at around 70 members (probably slightly inflated) in the mid-late 1990s. In the early 2000s, the feds released a list of 47 (if I remember correctly) members to the local press. In 2007, the feds cited 28 members remaining. Two other FBI estimates cited 25 and 30 members, which gives credence to the 28 figure. This all shows a clear decline in the family's membership.

And even if one wants to include associates, the latest estimates put them a little over 100 - or a total manpower of around 150 if you add members and associates. Contrast that with the smallest NY family (probably the Colombos) that have around 100 members and 500 associates - or four times the manpower the Outfit has. And, as I said, they and the other NY families have kept their membership stable.

The Patriarca family has most of New England to themselves, and the Bruno/Scarfo family has Philadelphia and most of South Jersey but that doesn't mean their operations can compete with any of the NY families. The greater NY metro area is so big that it easily accommodates the 5 families, who actually benefit in this day and age by having joint interests and working together rather than being a lone smaller family out on an island like the Outfit.

The Outfit could have everything west of Chicago to itself. It wouldn't change the fact the family is being widdled down by attrition and is closer to the handful of other small families remaining outside NY than it is to any of the 5 families.