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Table 4. Prisoners under sentence of death, by region, jurisdiction,
and race, 2006 and 2007
Region and
jurisdiction |
Prisoners under
sentence of death,
12/31/06 |
|
Received under sentence of death |
|
Removed from
death row
(excluding
executions)a |
|
Executed |
|
Prisoners under sentence of death, 12/31/07 |
| |
| Totalb |
Whitec |
Blackc |
|
Totalb |
Whitec |
Blackc |
|
Totalb |
Whitec |
Blackc |
|
Totalb |
Whitec |
Blackc |
|
Totalb |
Whitec |
Blackc |
| |
| U.S. Total |
3,233 |
1,806 |
1,353 |
|
115 |
67 |
47 |
|
86 |
41 |
41 |
|
42 |
28 |
14 |
|
3,220 |
1,804 |
1,345 |
| |
| Federald |
42 |
17 |
24 |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
48 |
21 |
26 |
| State |
3,191 |
1,789 |
1,329 |
|
109 |
63 |
45 |
|
86 |
41 |
41 |
|
42 |
28 |
14 |
|
3,172 |
1,783 |
1,319 |
| |
| Northeast |
236 |
81 |
144 |
|
8 |
4 |
4 |
|
14 |
3 |
10 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
230 |
82 |
138 |
| |
Connecticut |
7 |
4 |
3 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
4 |
5 |
| |
New Hampshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
New Jersey |
9 |
3 |
6 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
3 |
6 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
New York |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Pennsylvania |
219 |
74 |
134 |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
0 |
3 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
221 |
78 |
133 |
| |
| Midwest |
280 |
152 |
125 |
|
9 |
3 |
6 |
|
11 |
6 |
5 |
|
5 |
5 |
0 |
|
273 |
144 |
126 |
| |
Illinois |
10 |
7 |
3 |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13 |
8 |
5 |
| |
Indiana |
17 |
14 |
3 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
14 |
11 |
3 |
| |
Kansas |
7 |
3 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
3 |
4 |
| |
Missouri |
47 |
26 |
21 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
45 |
25 |
20 |
| |
Nebraska |
9 |
8 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
8 |
1 |
| |
Ohio |
186 |
90 |
93 |
|
5 |
1 |
4 |
|
7 |
3 |
4 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
182 |
86 |
93 |
| |
South Dakota |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
| |
| South |
1,750 |
956 |
771 |
|
71 |
39 |
31 |
|
46 |
21 |
24 |
|
36 |
22 |
14 |
|
1,739 |
952 |
764 |
| |
Alabama |
194 |
101 |
93 |
|
13 |
8 |
5 |
|
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
199 |
106 |
93 |
| |
Arkansas |
36 |
13 |
23 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
38 |
14 |
24 |
| |
Delaware |
17 |
10 |
7 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
19 |
10 |
9 |
| |
Florida |
375 |
245 |
130 |
|
21 |
13 |
8 |
|
7 |
3 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
389 |
255 |
134 |
| |
Georgia |
103 |
55 |
47 |
|
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
105 |
58 |
46 |
| |
Kentucky |
40 |
31 |
9 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
39 |
31 |
8 |
| |
Louisiana |
86 |
31 |
54 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
86 |
31 |
54 |
| |
Maryland |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
1 |
4 |
| |
Mississippi |
68 |
32 |
35 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
5 |
2 |
3 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
65 |
32 |
32 |
| |
North Carolina |
166 |
69 |
88 |
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
167 |
69 |
89 |
| |
Oklahoma |
84 |
47 |
32 |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
80 |
43 |
33 |
| |
South Carolina |
62 |
24 |
38 |
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
59 |
23 |
36 |
| |
Tennessee |
102 |
60 |
40 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
5 |
2 |
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
96 |
56 |
38 |
| |
Texas |
392 |
229 |
159 |
|
14 |
6 |
7 |
|
8 |
1 |
7 |
|
26 |
18 |
8 |
|
372 |
216 |
151 |
| |
Virginia |
19 |
7 |
12 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
20 |
7 |
13 |
| |
| West |
925 |
600 |
289 |
|
21 |
17 |
4 |
|
15 |
11 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
930 |
605 |
291 |
| |
Arizona |
110 |
94 |
13 |
|
7 |
6 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
116 |
99 |
14 |
| |
California |
656 |
389 |
237 |
|
10 |
8 |
2 |
|
11 |
8 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
655 |
389 |
238 |
| |
Colorado |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| |
Idaho |
18 |
18 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
17 |
17 |
0 |
| |
Montana |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
| |
Nevada |
82 |
51 |
30 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
83 |
51 |
31 |
| |
New Mexico |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
| |
Oregon |
33 |
29 |
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
35 |
31 |
3 |
| |
Utah |
9 |
7 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
7 |
1 |
| |
Washington |
9 |
5 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
5 |
3 |
| |
Wyoming |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
| |
| Note: Some figures shown for yearend 2006 are revised
from those reported in Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical
Tables, NCJ 220219. |
| aIncludes 16 deaths from natural causes
(5 in California; 2 each in Alabama and Florida; and 1 each in Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, and Tennessee); 2
deaths from suicide (1 each in North Carolina and California); and
1 inmate murdered by another inmate (in Mississippi). |
| bTotals include persons of races other
than white and black. |
| cThe reporting of race and Hispanic origin
differs from that presented in tables 8 and 10. In this table white
and black inmates include Hispanics. |
| dExcludes persons held under Armed Forces
jurisdiction with a military death sentence for murder. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
