- Source: List of death row inmates in the United States
As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 47 women. The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the information may become outdated.
Demographics
= Number on death row by state
=As of November 12, 2024.
California: 612
Florida: 279
Texas: 174
Alabama: 159
North Carolina: 136
Ohio: 114
Arizona: 111
Pennsylvania: 95
Nevada: 63
Louisiana: 57
Tennessee: 45
Mississippi: 35
Georgia: 34
Oklahoma: 33
South Carolina: 30
Arkansas: 26
Kentucky: 25
Nebraska: 11
Missouri: 10
Idaho: 9
Kansas: 9
Indiana: 8
Utah: 5
Montana: 2
South Dakota: 1
New Hampshire: 1
Wyoming: 0
Oregon: 0
= Ethnicity of defendants on death row
=White: 930 (42.02%)
African-American: 899 (40.62%)
Hispanic: 317 (14.32%)
Asian: 42 (1.90%)
Native American: 24 (1.08%)
= Gender of defendants on death row
=Male: 2,164 (97.79%)
Female: 47 (2.21%)
Comparatively, 50.8% of the U.S. population is female, and 49.2% is male
= Education
=69.75% have less than a high school diploma or GED.
Comparatively, 12.19% of U.S. adults have less than a high school diploma or GED.
= Mental illness
=It has been estimated that over 10% of death row inmates have a mental illness.
Comparatively, it is estimated that 4.2% of American adults have a serious mental illness.
= Time on death row
=Median time, in years, a death row prisoner has been awaiting execution: 7
Average time, in years, between imposition of a death sentence and execution: 12 (2014)
For 2020: 22 years on average between offense and execution.
= Later found innocent or exonerated
=1.6% of death row prisoners since 1972 have been formally exonerated and released (200 total).
List of death row inmates by jurisdiction
= Federal
=On death row: 40 (as of May 22, 2024)
Total number executed: 50 (1927–2021)
Due to the number of federal death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Military
=On death row: 4
Total number executed: 135 (1916–1961)
= Alabama
=On death row: 159 (as of November 22, 2024)
Total number executed: 784 (1800–2024)
Due to the number of Alabama death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= American Samoa
=On death row: 0
Total number executed: 0 (since 1939)
Capital punishment exists as a punishment in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States, but does not have a prescribed method of execution. No executions have been imposed or performed since the territory gained self-governance in 1949; the last executions occurred in 1939, when the island was under the control of the United States Navy.
= Arizona
=On death row: 111 (as of September 1, 2024)
Total number executed: 143 (1800–2022)
Due to the number of Arizona death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Arkansas
=On death row: 26 (as of September 30, 2023)
Total number executed: 200 (1913–2017)
Due to the number of Arkansas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= California
=On death row: 612 (as of November 5, 2024)
Total number executed: 722 (1700–2006)
Due to the number of California death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Florida
=On death row: 279 (as of November 22, 2024)
Total number executed: 418 (1800–2024)
Due to the number of Florida death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Georgia
=On death row: 34 (as of June 30, 2024)
Total number executed: 1022 (1700–2024)
Due to the number of Georgia death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Idaho
=On death row: 9
Total number executed: 29 (1800–2012)
= Indiana
=On death row: 8 (November 21, 2020)
Total number executed: 151 (1800–2009)
= Kansas
=On death row: 9
Total number executed: 57 (1800–1965)
= Kentucky
=On death row: 25
Total number executed: 427 (1700–2008)
Due to the number of Kentucky death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Louisiana
=On death row: 57 (as of June 13, 2023)
Total number executed: 659 (1700–2010)
Due to the number of Louisiana death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Mississippi
=On death row: 35
Total number executed: 374 (1800–2022)
Due to the number of Mississippi death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Missouri
=On death row: 9
Total number executed: 377 (1800–2024)
= Montana
=On death row: 2
Total number executed: 74 (1800–2006)
= Nebraska
=On death row: 11
Total number executed: 38 (1866–2018)
= Nevada
=On death row: 63
Total number executed: 76 (1800–2006)
= New Hampshire
=On death row: 1 (2014)
Total number executed: 24 (1700–1939)
Note: On May 30, 2019, the state Senate voted to override Governor Chris Sununu's veto on a bill that abolished the state's death penalty 16–8. Since the veto had already been overridden by the state House of Representatives, the bill immediately became law and repealed capital punishment, replacing it with life in prison without the possibility of parole. The law was not retroactive and the one person on death row at the time of abolition remains there.
= North Carolina
=On death row: 136
Total number executed: 823 (1700–2006)
Due to the number of North Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Ohio
=On death row: 114 (as of September 9, 2024)
Total number executed: 494 (1700–2018)
Due to the number of Ohio death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Oklahoma
=On death row: 33 (as of September 26, 2024)
Total number executed: 253 (1800–2024)
Due to the number of Oklahoma death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Oregon
=On death row: 0 (as of December 13, 2022)
Total number executed: 124 (1800–1997)
= Pennsylvania
=On death row: 95 (as of November 2, 2024)
Total number executed: 1 043 (1608–1999)
Due to the number of Pennsylvania death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= South Carolina
=On death row: 30
Total number executed: 684 (1700–2024)
Due to the number of South Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= South Dakota
=On death row: 1
Total number executed: 20 (1866–2019)
= Tennessee
=On death row: 45
Total number executed: 347 (1700–2020)
Due to the number of Tennessee death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.
= Texas
=On death row: 174
Total number executed: 1341 (1800–2024)
Due to the number of Texas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages or part of a criminal enterprise with a separate Wikipedia page are listed.
= Utah
=On death row: 5
Total number executed: 51 (1800–2024)
= Wyoming
=On death row: 0
Total number executed: 23 (1866–1992)
Jurisdictions without the death penalty
Twenty-three states have abolished capital punishment. Crimes committed in these states are still eligible for the death penalty if they are convicted in federal court for certain federal crimes. Capital punishment has been abolished in New Hampshire, but only for new sentences. One prisoner (Michael Addison) who was already sentenced to death remains on death row in the state.
States and the date of abolition of capital punishment:
Michigan (1846; abolished for murder, retained for treason until 1963)
Wisconsin (1853)
Maine (1887)
Minnesota (1911)
Hawaii (1948; prior to statehood)
Alaska (1957; prior to statehood)
Vermont (1964; abolished for murder, retained for treason until 1972)
Iowa (1965)
West Virginia (1965)
North Dakota (1973)
Massachusetts (1984)
Rhode Island (1984)
New Jersey (2007)
New York (2007)
New Mexico (2009)
Illinois (2011)
Connecticut (2012)
Maryland (2013)
Delaware (2016)
Washington (2018)
New Hampshire (2019)
Colorado (2020)
Virginia (2021)
Territories and federal districts:
Puerto Rico (1929)
Northern Mariana Islands (before 1970; prior to Commonwealth status)
Guam (1978)
Washington, D.C. (1981)
United States Virgin Islands (1991)
See also
Death row
Capital punishment in the United States
List of women on death row in the United States
List of people executed in the United States in 2024
List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
List of death row inmates in Japan
References
External links
List of death row inmates by state and country
FindLaw documentation of Nathan Dunlap's appeal to the Supreme Court of Colorado
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Susan Atkins
- California
- After Innocence
- List of death row inmates in the United States
- List of women on death row in the United States
- List of exonerated death row inmates
- List of death row inmates in Japan
- List of people executed in the United States in 2024
- List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
- Death row
- List of people executed in the United States in 2023
- List of people executed in the United States in 2019
- List of inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
