Per Capita State Execution Rates

State/​Rank2024 PopulationCumulative Executions: 1976 — 2024Executions per 100,000 Residents
1. Oklahoma4,095,3931273.101
2. Texas31,290,8315911.889
3. Missouri6,245,4661011.617
4. Delaware*1,051,917161.521
5. Alabama5,157,699781.512
6. Virginia*8,811,1951131.282
7. Arkansas3,088,354311.003
8. South Carolina5,478,831450.821
9. Mississippi2,943,045230.782
10. Georgia11,180,878770.689
11. Louisiana4,597,740280.609
12. South Dakota924,66950.541
13. Arizona7,582,384400.528
14. Ohio11,883,304560.471
15. Florida23,372,2151060.454
16. North Carolina11,046,024430.389
17. Nevada3,267,467120.367
18. Indiana6,924,275210.303
19. Montana1,137,23330.264
20. Utah3,503,61380.228
21. Nebraska2,005,46540.199
22. Tennessee7,227,750130.180
23. Wyoming587,61810.170
24. Idaho2,001,61930.150
25. Illinois*12,710,158120.094
26. Maryland*6,263,22050.080
27. Kentucky4,588,37230.065
28. Washington*7,958,18050.063
29. New Mexico*2,130,25610.047
30. Oregon4,272,37120.047
31. California39,431,263130.033
32. Connecticut*3,675,06910.027
33. Pennsylvania13,078,75130.023
34. Colorado*5,957,49310.017
35. New Hampshire*1,409,03200.000
36. Kansas2,970,60600.000

*Death penal­ty abolished.

Population based on 2024 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 2024.

Executions per Death Sentence

State/​RankCumulative Death Sentences 1977 through 2024Cumulative Executions 1977 through 2024Executions per Death Sentence
1. Virginia*1611130.702
2. Texas11915910.496
3. Missouri2181010.463
4. South Dakota1150.455
5. Oklahoma4181270.304
6. Utah3080.267
7. Delaware69160.232
8. Arkansas133310.233
9. Georgia403770.191
10. Indiana116210.181
11. South Carolina258450.174
12. Federal and Military106160.151
13. Montana2030.150
14. Alabama526780.148
15. Ohio465560.120
16. Washington*4350.116
17. Arizona393400.102
18. Mississippi231230.100
19. Louisiana294280.095
20. Nebraska4440.091
21. Florida12571060.084
22. Wyoming1310.077
23. North Carolina602430.071
24. Maryland7750.065
25. Nevada189120.063
26. Idaho5330.057
27. Connecticut1910.053
38. Tennessee263130.049
29. Colorado2310.043
30. Illinois*328120.037
31. New Mexico*3010.033
32. Kentucky9930.030
33. Oregon8420.024
34. California1152130.011
35. Pennsylvania47130.006
36. New Hampshire100
37. New York*†1000
38. Kansas**1600
39. New Jersey*6100

Executions based on DPI 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.