The latest edition of Death Row USA from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is now available. The report reveals that the number of people on death rows across the country dropped by almost 90 inmates from one year ago. There were 3,471 inmates on death row as of October 1, 2004. In 2005, the death row population had shrunk to 3,383. California’s death row remains the largest in the country with 648 people, followed by Texas (414), Florida (388), and Pennsylvania (233). The report also reveals that of those jurisdictions having more than 10 people on death row, the highest percentage of minorities are in Pennsylvania (70%) and Texas (69%).
(NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund “Death Row USA,” October 1, 2005). Read the full report in pdf format. See Death Row.
- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). RESOURCE: Fall 2005 Death Row USA Available. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resource-fall-2005-death-row-usa-available
- Death Penalty Information Center. “RESOURCE: Fall 2005 Death Row USA Available.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 2, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resource-fall-2005-death-row-usa-available.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “RESOURCE: Fall 2005 Death Row USA Available.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resource-fall-2005-death-row-usa-available. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.
