Per Capita State Execution Rates

State/Rank2019 PopulationCumulative Executions: 1976-September 1, 2020Executions per 100,000 Residents

1. Oklahoma

3,956,971

112

2.83

2. Texas

28,995,881

570

1.97

3. Delaware*

973,764

16

1.64

4. Missouri

6,137,428

90

1.47

5. Alabama

4,903,185

67

1.37

6. Virginia

8,535,519

113

1.32

7. Arkansas

3,017,804

31

1.03

8. South Carolina

5,148,714

43

0.84

9. Georgia

10,617,423

76

0.72

10. Mississippi

2,976,149

21

0.71

11. Louisiana

4,648,794

28

0.60

12. South Dakota

884,659

5

0.57

13. Arizona

7,278,717

37

0.51

14. Ohio

11,689,100

56

0.48

15. Florida

21,477,737

99

0.46

16. North Carolina

10,488,084

43

0.41

17. Nevada

3,080,156

12

0.39

18. Indiana

6,732,219

20

0.30

19. Montana

1,068,778

3

0.28

20. Utah

3,205,958

7

0.22

21. Nebraska

1,934,408

4

0.21

22. Tennessee

6,829,174

13

0.19

23. Wyoming

578,759

1

0.17

24. Idaho

1,787,065

3

0.17

25. Illinois*

12,671,821

12

0.09

26. Maryland*

6,045,680

5

0.08

27. Kentucky

4,467,673

3

0.07

28. Washington*

7,614,893

5

0.07

29. New Mexico*

2,096,829

1

0.05

30. Oregon

4,217,737

2

0.05

31. California

39,512,223

13

0.03

32. Connecticut*

3,565,287

1

0.03

33. Pennsylvania

12,801,989

3

0.02

34. Colorado*

5,758,736

1

0.02

35. New Hampshire*

1,359,711

0

0.00

36. Kansas

2,913,314

0

0.00

*Death penalty abolished.

Population based on 2019 US Census Estimate Data.

Executions: Total since resumption of the death penalty in the U.S. in 1972 after the U.S. Supreme Court declared existing statutes unconstitutional through September 1, 2020.

Executions per Death Sentence

State/RankCumulative Death Sentences 1977 through 2010Cumulative Executions 1977 through 2010Executions per Death Sentence

1. Virginia

149

108

0.725

2. Texas

932

464

0.498

3. Utah

19

7

0.368

4. Missouri

193

67

0.347

5. Delaware

45

14

0.311

6. Oklahoma

308

94

0.305

7. Montana

10

3

0.300

8. Arkansas

117

27

0.231

9. South Carolina

194

42

0.217

10. Indiana

95

20

0.211

11. Georgia

230

48

0.209

12. Louisiana

155

28

0.181

13. South Dakota

6

1

0.167

14. Wyoming

7

1

0.143

15. Washington*

38

5

0.132

16. Ohio

321

41

0.128

17. Alabama

439

50

0.114

18. Nebraska

28

3

0.107

19. North Carolina

443

43

0.097

20. Maryland

53

5

0.094

21. Arizona

291

24

0.083

22. Nevada

146

12

0.082

23. Mississippi

168

13

0.077

24. Florida

889

68

0.077

25. New Mexico*

14

1

0.071

26. Colorado

15

1

0.067

27. Connecticut

15

1

0.067

28. Federal

69

3

0.044

29. Illinois*

304

12

0.040

30. Kentucky

84

3

0.036

31. Tennessee

171

6

0.035

32. Oregon

71

2

0.028

33. Idaho

40

1

0.025

34. California

880

13

0.015

35. Pennsylvania

361

3

0.008

36. New Hampshire

1

0

0.000

37. New York*†

8

0

0.000

38. Kansas**

11

0

0.000

39. New Jersey*

57

0

0.000

Executions based on DPIC Execution Database.

Death Sentences from Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment Annual Reports

* States that have abolished the Death Penalty

**Kansas reinstated Death Penalty in 1994

† New York reinstated Death Penalty in 1995; the statue was ruled unconstitutional in 2004 and no more death sentences were imposed.