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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 July 1, 2009: 3,279

State
# of
Inmates

State
# of
Inmates

State
# of
Inmates
California 690 S. Carolina 63 Connecticut 10
Florida 403 Mississippi 60 Kansas 10
Texas 342 U.S. Gov't 58 Utah 10
Penn. 225 Missouri 52 Washington 9
Alabama 200 Arkansas 43 U.S. Military 8
Ohio 176 Kentucky 36 Maryland 5
N. Carolina 169 Oregon 33 South Dakota 3
Arizona 129 Delaware 19 Colorado 3
Georgia 108 Idaho 18 Montana 2
Tennessee 92 Indiana 17 New Mexico 2
Oklahoma 86 Virginia 16 Wyoming 1
Louisiana 84 Illinois 15 New Hampshire 1
Nevada 78 Nebraska 11    

Source: Death Row Population Figures from NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. "Death Row USA" (July 1, 2009) 

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


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

   

1968 517 1982 1,050 1996 3,219
1969 575 1983 1,209 1997 3,335
1970 631 1984 1,405 1998 3,452
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    
 
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics: "Capital Punishment" for Years 1968-2008
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. "Death Row USA" -July 1, 2009: 3,297 (uses different counting criteria)

 


 
1968-2006 figures reported in Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Capital Punishment"