List of gangs in the United States

The Federal Bureau of Investigation website in 2014 stated that there were some 33,000 gangs in the United States which they classified as street gangs, motorcycle gangs or prison gangs. While some gangs are multi-ethnic, many criminal enterprises are organized along racial lines and restrict membership to individuals of particular ethnicities or races.^[4]

Notable criminal gangs include:

By ethnic origin

African-American

Caribbean

Caucasian

311 Boyz
American Front (white supremacist)
Aryan Nations (white supremacist)
Aryan Republican Army (white supremacist)
Chicago Gaylords
Combat 18 (white supremacist)
Dead Man Incorporated
Dixie Mafia
Friends Stand United
Hammerskins (white supremacist)
Imperial Klans of America (white supremacist)
Keystone State Skinheads (white nationalist)
Ku Klux Klan (white supremacist)
The Order (white supremacist)
Peckerwood
- 211 Crew (white supremacist)
- Aryan Brotherhood (white supremacist)
- Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (white supremacist)
- Aryan Circle (white supremacist)
- European Kindred (white supremacist)
- Nazi Lowriders (white supremacist)
- Public Enemy No.1 (white supremacist)
People Nation
Popes
Simon City Royals
State Line Mob
Volksfront (European nationalist)
White Aryan Resistance (white supremacist)

East Asian

Chung Ching Yee, Chinese
Fullerton Boys, Korean
Kkangpae, Korean
Snakehead, Chinese
Tong, Chinese
Triad
- 14K Triad, Chinese
- Bamboo Union, Taiwanese
- Big Circle Gang, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cambodian
- Black Dragons, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Flying Dragons, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Four Seas Gang, Taiwanese
- Ghost Shadows, Chinese and Vietnamese
- Jackson Street Boys, Cantonese
- Ping On, Chinese
- Sun Yee On, Chinese
- Wah Ching, Chinese
- Wo Hop To, Hong Kong
- Wo Shing Wo, Hong Kong
Wah Kee, Chinese and Malaysian
Yakuza, Japanese
- Inagawa-kai
- Yamaguchi-gumi

Eastern European

Hispanic

Irish-American

Italian-American

Jewish

Indigenous American

Pacific Islander

Southeast Asian

Asian Boyz, Southeast Asian (mostly Cambodian)
Bahala Na Gang, Filipino
Born to Kill, Vietnamese
Menace of Destruction, Hmong
Satanas, Filipino
Tiny Rascal Gang, Southeast Asian (mostly Cambodian)

West Asian

Outlaw motorcycle clubs

Prison

Membership in this group may overlap other groups above.

References

^ Asbury, Herbert (2008-07-01). The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780307388988. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
^ Capeci, Jerry (2005-01-04). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Alpha Books. pp. 84–. ISBN 9781592573059. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
^ Holmes, Ronald M.; Tewksbury, Richard; Higgins, George (2011-12-02). Introduction to Gangs in America. CRC Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 9781439869475. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ "Gangs". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "The Gangs of St. Andrews". 12 September 2012.

[Asbury2008-1] Asbury, Herbert (2008-07-01). The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780307388988. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

[Capeci2005-2] Capeci, Jerry (2005-01-04). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Alpha Books. pp. 84–. ISBN 9781592573059. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[HolmesTewksbury2011-3] Holmes, Ronald M.; Tewksbury, Richard; Higgins, George (2011-12-02). Introduction to Gangs in America. CRC Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 9781439869475. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[4] "Gangs". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[5] "The Gangs of St. Andrews". 12 September 2012.

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