Overview

Racial Demographics

Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race

Race	Number	Percentage
Black	1062	41.60%
Latinx	343	13.44%
White	1076	42.15%
Other	72	2.81%

State-by-State Death Row Populations by Race

as of October 1, 2020

State	Total	Black	White	Latinx	Native American	Asian	Unknown
Alabama	170	85	83	2	0	0	0
Arizona	119	18	71	21	4	3	0
Arkansas	31	15	15	1	0	0	0
California	711	257	233	184	9	28	0
Florida	347	130	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	68	46	19	3	0	0	0
Mississippi	42	24	16	1	0	1	0
Missouri	22	7	15	0	0	0	0
Montana	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	12	3	3	6	0	0	0
Nevada	70	26	32	10	0	2	0
New Hampshire	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	141	74	56	4	6	1	0
Ohio	141	79	58	3	0	1	0
Oklahoma	47	20	22	2	3	0	0
Oregon	24	2	17	3	1	0	1
Pennsylvania	142	76	51	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.	55	25	22	7	0	1	0
Military	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2557	1063	1079	343	24	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 2,553 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 (October 1, 2020)”