---
title: 'Latest Edition of "Death Row USA"'
description: 'The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has released its latest edition of “Death Row USA.” The total number of inmates on death row again declined from the previous…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/latest-edition-of-death-row-usa'
section: news
date: '2003-08-29T20:20:00-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:22:15-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has released its latest edition of "Death Row USA." The total number of inmates on death row again declined from the previous report, marking a sharp reversal from the years of death row increases between 1973 and 2000. A total of 3,517 inmates remain on death row. The only jurisdictions recording death row population increases were Alabama, Arizona, California, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, Virginia, and the Federal Government. See [Death Row USA](/death-row-usa?scid=9&did=145). (NAACP-LDF, Death Row USA, July 1, 2003). (DPIC will post a pdf version of Death Row USA as soon as it becomes available.)