Overview

Racial Demographics

Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race

Race	Number	Percentage
Black	1077	41.38%
Latinx	352	13.52%
White	1099	42.22%
Other	75	2.88%

State-by-State Death Row Populations by Race

as of April 1, 2020

State	Total	Black	White	Latinx	Native American	Asian	Unknown
Alabama	173	87	84	2	0	0	0
Arizona	120	18	71	24	4	3	0
Arkansas	31	16	14	1	0	0	0
California	724	259	239	189	9	28	0
Florida	346	129	195	19	1	2	0
Georgia	45	23	19	3	0	0	0
Idaho	8	0	8	0	0	0	0
Indiana	8	2	6	0	0	0	0
Kansas	10	3	7	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	28	3	25	0	0	0	0
Louisiana	69	46	20	3	0	0	0
Mississippi	44	25	17	1	0	1	0
Missouri	23	7	16	0	0	0	0
Montana	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	12	3	3	6	0	0	0
Nevada	74	28	34	10	0	2	0
New Hampshire	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	145	77	56	4	7	1	0
Ohio	140	79	57	3	0	1	0
Oklahoma	47	20	22	2	3	0	0
Oregon	28	2	21	3	1	0	1
Pennsylvania	145	76	54	13	0	2	0
South Carolina	39	21	17	1	0	0	0
South Dakota	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	51	26	22	1	0	2	0
Texas	217	96	58	59	0	4	0
Utah	7	1	4	1	1	0	0
Virginia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wyoming	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
US Gov.	62	26	27	7	1	1	0
Military	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2607	1078	1102	352	27	47	1

* One member of Death Row’s race is not currently identified by Death Row USA

(In this table, the total of inmates on death row will be slightly higher than the national total of 2,603 because some inmates were sentenced to death in more than one state and hence will be counted twice.)

Figures from NAACP-LDF “Death Row USA (April 1, 2020)”