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=== Expansions === The Gangster Disciples are active in over 100 cities and 50 states, predominantly in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] and [[Southeastern United States]], and remnants also maintain a significant presence in the U.S. [[prison]] system.<ref name="The Gangster Disciples" /><ref name="Cartels and Gangs in Chicago" /> The gang had between approximately 50,000 and 90,000 members.<ref name="doj1">{{cite web|title=National Gang Threat Assessment 2009 β Appendix B. Street Gangs |url=https://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs32/32146/appb.htm |publisher=National Gang Intelligence Center |date=January 2009 |access-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228194543/http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs32/32146/appb.htm |archive-date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The gang had expanded through the North and [[West Side, Chicago|West Sides]] of Chicago, as well as [[Indianapolis]], [[Minneapolis]], [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Detroit]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Cincinnati]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]], and co-founder Hoover's birthplace of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]]. They first emerged in significant numbers in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] in the 1980s, the first modern street gang to do so.<ref>[http://www.covingtontn.com/gang-task-force.html Gang Task Force] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305130226/http://www.covingtontn.com/gang-task-force.html|date=March 5, 2021}} covingtontn.com</ref><ref>[https://www.wdam.com/story/35935119/on-your-side-investigation-the-city-of-hattiesburgs-gang-problem/ On Your Side Investigation: The City of Hattiesburg's gang problem]</ref>
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