According to the 2004 New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, there were 24 active
Mafia families in the United States. In 2004, author Thomas Milhorn reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States.
Northeastern United States New York • The
Five Families – operate in New York City, the
New York Metropolitan area, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Nevada. •
Bonanno crime family operates throughout Northern New Jersey •
Philadelphia crime family operates in
South Jersey, including
Atlantic City, as well as
Trenton in Central Jersey
Pennsylvania •
Philadelphia crime family (Bruno-Scarfo family) •
Bufalino crime family (
Northeastern Pennsylvania, particularly
Pittston,
Wilkes-Barre,
Scranton and the
Wyoming Valley area) – defunct 2008 •
Pittsburgh crime family (LaRocca family) – defunct 2021
West Virginia •
Famiglia Vagabonda (Piscioneri family) – defunct 1923
New England •
Patriarca crime family (
Boston, Massachusetts and
Providence, Rhode Island, parts of
Connecticut). •
Genovese crime family Springfield faction (
Springfield, Massachusetts) and New Haven crew (
New Haven, Connecticut) • Philadelphia crime family Boston faction (
Boston)
Maryland • Gambino family
Baltimore Crew (
Baltimore) – defunct 1990
Midwestern United States Illinois •
Chicago Outfit •
Genna Crime Family – defunct 1930 •
Rockford crime family (Zammuto family) – defunct 2005 •
Springfield crime family (Zito family) – defunct 1970s
Indiana • Chicago Outfit
Gary Faction (Gary)
Michigan •
Detroit Partnership (Zerilli family)
Nebraska • Kansas City family
Omaha faction (
Omaha) – defunct 1991
Iowa • Chicago outfit
Des Moines faction (
Des Moines) – defunct 1967
Missouri •
Kansas City crime family (Civella family) •
St. Louis crime family (Giordano family) – defunct 2014
Ohio The city of
Youngstown was at one point considered open territory, split between the
Cleveland crime family (Porrello family) and the
Pittsburgh crime family (LaRocca family). •
Cleveland crime family (Scalish family)
Wisconsin •
Milwaukee crime family (Balistrieri family) – defunct 2024 •
Madison crime family (Caputo family) – defunct 1993
Southern United States Alabama • Birmingham crime family – defunct since 1938
Florida •
Trafficante crime family (Tampa area) – possibly defunct, Florida is considered open territory with many families operating in the area. • The Chicago Outfit – is operating in South Florida • The
Five Families of New York have crews operating in South Florida •
Bonanno crime family – is operating in South Florida • ''Colombo crime family's''
Florida faction – is operating in South Florida • ''Gambino crime family's''
Florida faction – is operating in South Florida and the
Tampa Bay Area. •
Genovese crime family – is operating in South Florida. See soldier
Albert Facchiano •
Lucchese crime family – is operating in South Florida and Central Florida Counties of
Pasco and
Pinellas. • DeCavalcante crime family –
Florida faction is operating in
Miami.
Louisiana •
New Orleans crime family (Marcello family) – mostly defunct after 2007
Texas •
Dallas crime family (Civello family) – defunct 1970s •
Maceo Organization (Galveston-Houston family) – defunct 1980s
Western United States Arizona • Chicago Outfit – (defunct) under Joseph "Papa Joe" Tocco the family operated in
Phoenix • Bonanno family Arizona crew – (defunct) under
Salvatore Bonanno the family operated in
Tucson California •
Los Angeles crime family (Dragna family) •
San Francisco crime family (Lanza family) – defunct 2006 •
San Jose crime family (Cerrito family) – defunct 2009 • Bonanno family San Jose faction (
San Jose) – defunct • Detroit Partnership San Diego faction (
San Diego) – defunct
Nevada Las Vegas is considered open territory allowing all crime families to operate in the city's
casinos. Since the 1930s, the Los Angeles family, the
Five Families of New York and the Midwest families have owned and operated in Casinos in the
Las Vegas Strip. • See:
Mobsters in Las Vegas Colorado •
Denver crime family (Smaldone family) – defunct 2006
Washington •
Colacurcio Organization (Seattle) – defunct 2010s ==Canada==