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title: 'NEW RESOURCES: States Ranked by Executions Per Death Sentence'
description: 'DPIC has updated its Executions Per Death Death Sentence page to reflect data through 2010. This page lists states in order of the percentage of death…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-states-ranked-by-executions-per-death-sentence'
section: news
date: '2011-09-06T19:52:52-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:30:37-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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! DPIC has updated its [**Executions Per Death Death Sentence**](/executions-death-sentence) page to reflect data through 2010. This page lists states in order of the percentage of death sentences resulting in an execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. If every death sentence resulted in an execution, the state would be at 100%, or a rate of 1.00. Using this ratio of executions per death sentence, the first five states are **Virginia** (.725), **Texas** (.498), **Utah** (.368), **Missouri** (.347), and **Delaware** (.311). Of those states that have carried out at least one execution, the five states with the lowest rate of execution are **Pennsylvania** (.008), **California** (.015), **Idaho** (.025), **Oregon** (.028), and **Tennessee** (.035). Four states with the death penalty during this time period had no executions: **Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey**, and **New York**. The latter two have abandoned the death penalty. Nationally, about 15% of death sentences have resulted in an execution (a rate of .150). Another measure of state execution rates is [executions per capita](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/executions-overview/executions-by-state-and-year) (population). Under this standard, **Oklahoma** and **Texas** are the leading states.

(DPIC Posted, September 6, 2011). See [**Executions**](/executions-united-states?did=414&scid=8) and [**Studies**](/studies-and-additional-resources?did=220&scid=19).