Death Row Inmates by State and Size of Death Row by Year

Posted: January 02, 2003
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DEATH ROW INMATES BY STATE

Total Number of Death Row Inmates as of January 1, 2012: 3,189

State
# of
Inmates

State
# of
Inmates

State
# of
Inmates
California 723 U.S. Gov't 60 Connecticut** 11
Florida 402 S. Carolina
 58 Kansas 10
Texas 312 Mississippi
 56 Utah
 9
Penn. 211 Missouri 47 Washington 9
Alabama 202 Arkansas 40 U.S. Military 6
N. Carolina 166 Oregon 37 Maryland 5
Ohio 151 Kentucky 35 Colorado 4
Arizona 135 Delaware 19 South Dakota
 4
Georgia 99 Idaho 14 Montana 2
Louisiana 89 Indiana 14 New Mexico* 2
Tennessee 88 Virginia
 12 Wyoming 1
Nevada 80 Nebraska 11 New Hampshire 1
Oklahoma 70
     

Source: Death Row Population Figures from NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. "Death Row USA" (January 1, 2012) 

*New Mexico abolished the death penalty in March 2009, but law was not made retroactive so 2 remain on death row.

 

**Connecticut abolished the death penalty in April 2012, but law was not made retroactive so 11 remain on death row.


SIZE OF DEATH ROW BY YEAR - (1968 - present)

   

1968 517 1982 1,050 1996 3,219 2010  3,158
1969 575 1983 1,209 1997 3,335 2011  3,199
1970 631 1984 1,405 1998 3,452 2012  3,189
1971 642 1985 1,591 1999 3,527    
1972 334 1986 1,781 2000 3,593    
1973 134 1987 1,984 2001 3,581    
1974 244 1988 2,124 2002 3,557    
1975 488 1989 2,250 2003 3,374    
1976 420 1990 2,356 2004 3,315    
1977 423 1991 2,482 2005 3,254    
1978 482 1992 2,575 2006 3,228    
1979 539 1993 2,716 2007 3,215    
1980 691 1994 2,890 2008 3,207    
1981 856 1995 3,054 2009 3,173    
 
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics: "Capital Punishment" for Years 1968-2010
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. "Death Row USA" for Years 2011 and 2012.
 
 


 

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