Overview

Racial Demographics

Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race

Race	Number	Percentage
Black	1034	41.29%
Latinx	338	13.50%
White	1061	42.37%
Other	71	2.84%

State-by-State Death Row Populations by Race

as of April 1, 2021

State	Total	Black	White	Latinx	Native American	Asian	Unknown
Alabama	170	85	83	2	0	0	0
Arizona	118	18	70	23	4	3	0
Arkansas	31	15	15	1	0	0	0
California	704	253	231	183	9	28	0
Florida	343	131	191	19	1	1	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	27	3	24	0	0	0	0
Louisiana	65	44	18	3	0	0	0
Mississippi	41	23	16	1	0	1	0
Missouri	21	7	14	0	0	0	0
Montana	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	12	3	3	6	0	0	0
Nevada	68	24	32	10	0	2	0
New Hampshire	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	141	74	56	4	6	1	0
Ohio	137	75	58	3	0	1	0
Oklahoma	44	19	21	2	2	0	0
Oregon	24	2	17	3	1	0	1
Pennsylvania	133	68	50	13	0	2	0
South Carolina	39	21	17	1	0	0	0
South Dakota	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	50	26	22	0	0	2	0
Texas	205	92	56	53	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.	46	18	20	7	0	1	0
Military	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2508	1035	1064	338	24	46	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 2,504 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, 2021)”