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Table 9. Number of persons executed, by jurisdiction, 1930-2007
| |
|
Number executed |
|
|
|
| Jurisdiction |
|
Since 1930 |
Since 1977 |
| |
| U.S. total |
4,958 |
1,099 |
| |
| Texas |
|
702 |
405 |
| Georgia |
|
406 |
40 |
| New York |
|
329 |
0 |
| North Carolina |
|
306 |
43 |
| California |
|
305 |
13 |
| Florida |
|
234 |
64 |
| South Carolina |
|
199 |
37 |
| Ohio |
|
198 |
26 |
| Virginia |
|
190 |
98 |
| Alabama |
|
173 |
38 |
| Mississippi |
|
162 |
8 |
| Louisiana |
|
160 |
27 |
| Pennsylvania |
|
155 |
3 |
| Oklahoma |
|
146 |
86 |
| Arkansas |
|
145 |
27 |
| Missouri |
|
128 |
66 |
| Kentucky |
|
105 |
2 |
| Illinois |
|
102 |
12 |
| Tennessee |
|
97 |
4 |
| New Jersey |
|
74 |
0 |
| Maryland |
|
73 |
5 |
| Arizona |
|
61 |
23 |
| Indiana |
|
60 |
19 |
| Washington |
|
51 |
4 |
| Colorado |
|
48 |
1 |
| Nevada |
|
41 |
12 |
| District of Columbia |
|
40 |
0 |
| West Virginia |
|
40 |
0 |
| Federal system |
|
36 |
3 |
| Massachusetts |
|
27 |
0 |
| Delaware |
|
26 |
14 |
| Connecticut |
|
22 |
1 |
| Oregon |
|
21 |
2 |
| Utah |
|
19 |
6 |
| Iowa |
|
18 |
0 |
| Kansas |
|
15 |
0 |
| Montana |
|
9 |
3 |
| New Mexico |
|
9 |
1 |
| Wyoming |
|
8 |
1 |
| Nebraska |
|
7 |
3 |
| Vermont |
|
4 |
0 |
| Idaho |
|
4 |
1 |
| South Dakota |
|
2 |
1 |
| New Hampshire |
|
1 |
0 |
| |
| Note: Military authorities carried out an additional 160
executions between 1930 and 1961. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
