As of July 1, 2016, there were 2,905 death row inmates in the United States. The number of death row inmates changes daily with new convictions, appellate decisions, sentence commutations, deaths (through execution or otherwise), and exonerations. Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the information in this article may be out of date.
Contents
- Ethnicity of defendants on death row
- Gender of defendants on death row
- Education
- Mental illness
- Time on death row
- Innocence
- Likelihood of being executed
- Federal
- United States military
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
- Jurisdictions without the death penalty
- References
Ethnicity of defendants on death row
Comparatively the US population is 63.7% non-Hispanic white, 12.2% black, 16.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% Asian and 0.9% Native American and 2.1% mixed or other.
Gender of defendants on death row
Comparatively 51.32% of the US population is female, 48.68% is male (2014).
Education
Comparatively, 84.1% of US adults have a high school diploma or GED.
Mental illness
Comparatively, it's estimated that 4.2% of American adults have a serious mental illness.
Time on death row
Innocence
Likelihood of being executed
Federal
Due to the high number of federal death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed on this page. A full list is externally linked:
United States military
Alabama
Due to the high number of death row inmates in Alabama, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Arizona
Due to the high number of death row inmates in Arizona, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Arkansas
Due to the high number of Arkansas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
California
Due to the high number of California death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
Due to the high number of Florida death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Georgia
Due to the high number of Georgia death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Due to the high number of Kentucky death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Louisiana
Due to the high number of death row inmates in Louisiana, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list of Louisiana death row inmates is not available.
Mississippi
Due to the high number of death row inmates in Mississippi, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Missouri
Due to the high number of death row inmates in Missouri, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Note: On March 18, 2009, New Mexico became the 15th state without a death penalty when then-Governor Bill Richardson signed the law replacing New Mexico's death penalty with life without parole. The law was not made retroactive; the two inmates on death row at the time remain there.
North Carolina
Due to the high number of North Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Ohio
Due to the high number of Ohio death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Oklahoma
Due to the high number of Oklahoma death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Oregon
Due to the high number of Oregon death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Pennsylvania
Due to the high number of Pennsylvania death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
South Carolina
Due to the high number of South Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
South Dakota
Tennessee
Due to the high number of Tennessee death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Texas
Due to the high number of Texas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. A full list is externally linked:
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming
Jurisdictions without the death penalty
Eighteen states have abolished capital punishment. Crimes committed in these states are still eligible for the death penalty if they are tried in federal court. Capital punishment has been abolished in New Mexico but only for new sentences. Prisoners who are already sentenced to death in that state remain on death row.
States:
- Michigan (May 18, 1846)
- Wisconsin (1853)
- Maine (1887)
- Minnesota (1911)
- Hawaii (1948; prior to statehood)
- Alaska (1957; prior to statehood)
- Vermont (with the exception of treason; 1964)
- Iowa (1965)
- West Virginia (1965)
- North Dakota (1973)
- Massachusetts (October 18, 1984)
- Rhode Island (1984)
- New Jersey (2007)
- New York (2007)
- New Mexico (2009)
- Illinois (2011)
- Connecticut (2012)
- Maryland (2013)
Territories:
- Washington, D.C. (1981)
- Puerto Rico (1929)
- American Samoa (The death penalty is still on the books in American Samoa. However, the last execution was in the 1930s, and steps are being taken to abolish the practice.)
- Guam (date abolished unknown)
- Northern Mariana Islands (date abolished unknown)
- United States Virgin Islands (1991)