The lat­est edi­tion of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund​’s ​“Death Row USA” shows that the num­ber of peo­ple on the death row in the United States is con­tin­u­ing to slow­ly decline, falling to 3,261 as of January 1, 2010. The size of death row at the start of 2009 was 3,297. In 2000, there were 3,682 inmates on death row. Nationally, the racial com­po­si­tion of those on death row is 44% white, 41% black, and 12% latino/​latina. California (697) con­tin­ues to have the largest death row pop­u­la­tion, fol­lowed by Florida (398) and Texas (337). Pennsylvania (222) and Alabama (201) com­plete the list of the five largest death rows in the nation. Death Row USA is pub­lished quar­ter­ly by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The report con­tains the lat­est death row pop­u­la­tion fig­ures, exe­cu­tion sta­tis­tics, and an overview of the most recent legal devel­op­ments relat­ed to capital punishment.

(NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ​“Death Row USA,” January 1, 2010). See also Death Row.

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