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title: 'NEW RESOURCES: Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases "Capital Punishment, 2013"'
description: 'On December 19, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released its annual statistical report on capital punishment in the United States, with information for…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-bureau-of-justice-statistics-releases-capital-punishment-2013'
section: news
date: '2014-12-30T16:45:24-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:39:40-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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! On December 19, the **Bureau of Justice Statistics** released its annual statistical report on capital punishment in the United States, with information for **2013**. It noted a continuing decline in the death row population and the number of executions. Highlights of the report include:

- The death row population dropped to 2,979 inmates as of 12/31/13, with 60% held in just 5 states (California, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Alabama).
- 2013 was the 13th consecutive year in which the population of death row decreased.
- Only 52.2% of death row inmates completed high school. 13.1% have less than an 8th grade education, and 24.8% have a 9th-11th grade education.
- 14.4% of death row inmates are Hispanic.
- The average time from sentencing to execution of those executed in 2013 was 186 months, or 15.5 years.
- 16% of people sentenced to death since 1973 have been executed. 6% died by causes other than execution. 38% were removed from death row because a court overturned their conviction, sentence, or the capital statute under which they were sentenced. 4.6% had their sentences commuted.

For information about the death penalty in 2014, see [**DPIC's Year End Report**](/YearEnd2014).

(Bureau of Justice Statistics, "[Capital Punishment 2013 - Statistical Tables](https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5156)," December 19, 2014.) See **[Studies](/studies-and-additional-resources)** and **[Death Row](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/death-row)**.