Overview

Racial Demographics

Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race

RaceNumberPercentage
Black98341%
Latinx33414%
White100742%
Other703%

State-by-State Death Row Populations by Race

as of July 1, 2022

StateTotalBlackWhiteLatinxNative AmericanAsianUnknown
Alabama16781842000
Arizona115186922330
Arkansas2813141000
California6862422251829280
Florida31812317419110
Georgia4122163000
Idaho8080000
Indiana8260000
Kansas9360000
Kentucky263230000
Louisiana6242173000
Mississippi3621131010
Missouri186120000
Montana2020000
Nebraska12246000
Nevada6423309020
New Hampshire1100000
North Carolina14074554610
Ohio13273553010
Oklahoma4317194300
Oregon192133100
Pennsylvania127654812020
South Carolina3719171000
South Dakota1010000
Tennessee4723220020
Texas196895251040
Utah7141100
Wyoming0000000
US Gov.4417197010
Military4220000
TOTAL2398984101033424460

(In this table, the total of inmates on death row will be slightly higher than the national total of 2,394 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” (As of July 1, 2022).