---
title: 'DPIC Releases Interim Death Row Numbers'
description: 'The Death Penalty Information Center has conducted a survey of death row populations as reported by the various state departments of correction in…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/dpic-releases-interim-death-row-numbers'
section: news
date: '2008-02-18T18:24:02-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:25:05-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

The Death Penalty Information Center has conducted a survey of death row populations as reported by the various state departments of correction in January/February 2008. From that survey, the current death row population across the country is 3,263. California continues to have the highest death row population with 669 inmates. Florida follows with 388, and Texas has 370 inmates. A state-by-state breakdown appears below.  

 Except for Illinois and the federal government, these numbers are the official totals from each state's prison system. The death row number for Illinois comes from the Supreme Court Unit of the Public Defender's Office in Springfield, while the federal number comes from the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel and the Federal Defender Organization.

Traditionally, death row statistics have been available from two sources: **["Death Row USA,"](https://www.naacpldf.org/death-row-usa)** published quarterly by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; and [**Capital Punishment Yearly Reports**](https://ojp.gov/bjs/cp.htm), published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The most recent edition of Death Row USA (DRUSA) was published in January 2007. At that time, DRUSA reported 3,350 inmates. DRUSA includes inmates whose death sentences have been temporarily overturned, but who are awaiting the final disposition of their cases as well as the names, race, and gender of each inmate. The Bureau of Justice Statistics did not publish a Capital Punishment report for 2006. However, they have made their statistical tables available on the Internet ([**here**](https://ojp.gov/bjs/pub/html/cp/2006/tables/cp06st04.htm)). According to that source, the death row population at the start of 2007 was 3,228. BJS data do not include prisoners on the military death row. DPIC's death row statistics include the military death row, as obtained from the Appellate Defense Counsel.  

 DPIC does not intend for its death row census to replace the other sources noted above. Our purpose is to give the public a sense of whether there have been large shifts in death row numbers over the past 14 months, a period in which executions have come to a halt and death sentences remain low compared to a decade ago. We expect to refine our data gathering in the months ahead and we will also report on similar studies by other organizations.  
 (Posted February 18, 2008). See [**Death Row**](/death-row?did=413&scid=9) and [**Sentencing**.](/death-penalty-sentencing-information?did=895&scid=67) See also **[State by State Information](/state-info-link)** and **[Death Row Inmates by State.](/death-row-inmates-state-and-size-death-row-year?scid=9&did=188)**  State Number of Inmates  
 Alabama  
 Arizona  
 Arkansas  
 California  
 Colorado  
 Connecticut  
 Delaware  
 Florida  
 Georgia  
 Idaho  
 Indiana  
 Illinois  
 Kansas  
 Kentucky  
 Louisiana  
 Maryland  
 Mississippi  
 Missouri  
 Montana  
 Nebraska  
 Nevada  
 New Hampshire  
 New Mexico  
 North Carolina  
 Ohio  
 Oklahoma  
 Oregon  
 Pennsylvania  
 South Carolina  
 South Dakota  
 Tennessee  
 Texas  
 Utah  
 Virginia  
 Washington  
 Wyoming  
 U.S. Gov't  
 U.S. Military  
 201  
 114  
 38  
 669  
 1  
 9  
 19  
 388  
 107  
 19  
 20  
 13  
 10  
 39  
 85  
 5  
 65  
 45  
 2  
 10  
 83  
 0  
 1  
 166  
 186  
 82  
 35  
 228  
 58  
 3  
 96  
 370  
 10  
 20  
 8  
 2  
 50  
 7  
 Total  
 3264