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title: 'LATEST DATA FROM "DEATH ROW USA" SHOWS CONTINUING DECLINE'
description: 'LATEST DATA FROM “DEATH ROW USA” SHOW CONTINUING DECLINE The January 1, 2005 figures from “Death Row USA,” a publication of the NAACP Legal Defense…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/latest-data-from-death-row-usa-shows-continuing-decline'
section: news
date: '2005-02-23T18:50:04-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:53:51-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

LATEST DATA FROM "DEATH ROW USA" SHOW CONTINUING DECLINE

The January 1, 2005 figures from "Death Row USA," a publication of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Capital Punishment Project, show another decline in the number of inmates on death rows across the U.S. A comparison with previous issues of this publication show the trend:

Date Size of Death Row  
 Jan. 1, 2003  
 3,692  
 Jan. 1, 2004  
 3,503  
 Oct. 1, 2004  
 3,471  
 Jan. 1, 2005  
 3,455

Other Recent Data:

Largest Death Rows:  
 California - 639  
 Texas - 447  
 Florida - 382

Racial Composition of Death Row:  
 White - 46%  
 Black - 42%  
 Hispanic - 10%

Racial Composition of Murder Victims (in cases where an execution has occurred):  
 White - 81%  
 Black - 13%  
 Hispanic - 4%

Women on Death Row - 54\*

Juveniles on Death Row - 79\*  
 (under age 18 at time of crime)

Defendants Who Gave Up Their  
 Appeals and Were Executed - 111 (12% of executions)

\*includes cases where the sentence was reversed but decision not yet final.

(source: Death Row USA, Jan. 1, 2005).

See [Death Row](/death-row?did=413&scid=9).