---
title: 'Execution Database'
description: '1683 men and women have been executed in the United States since the 1970s'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/data/executions'
section: topics
date: '2022-05-26T16:35:00-04:00'
updated: '2026-08-27T12:21:56-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

This page is updated on business days by 12 pm Eastern Time to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours.

Instructions and Usage Notes
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**To watch an explainer video on how to use the Execution Database, click** [**here**](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbYh7GxAR0C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)**.**

\* Searches for executions in states or regions will also retrieve federal death sentences that were imposed in those areas. To limit your search only to state-court death sentences, click the "MORE FILTERS" button, select the "FEDERAL" filter, check the "No" box, and click the "APPLY" tab.

- Results will display in chronological order by default. To sort by other criteria, click on the headings for those fields in the search results.
- Search results are displayed below the search options.
- If no options are checked, the search will display all executions.
- **To download the database as a spreadsheet (csv format), click** [**here**](http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/query/executions.csv)**.**
- To find the numerical rank of an execution since 1976, click on the inmate's name. The number is listed as "DPIC ID."
- This list includes all executions since 1976. For a historical database of executions, visit our [Espy Database](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/executions-overview/executions-in-the-u-s-1608-2002-the-espy-file) page.
- Geographical regions are listed as determined by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Federal Executions are included in the region in which the crime occurred.
- For Federal Executions sort by the federal yes/no column.
- The "Race of Victim" filter will display all executions involving *any* victim of the selected race, including cases that involved multiple victims of different races.
- Information in this database is obtained from news reports, state Departments of Corrections and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Older county and victim-gender information was provided by Professor Frank Baumgartner of the University of North Carolina. Victim information listed is for the death sentence which was carried out; defendants may have been given additional death sentences or lesser prison terms for other victims.