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Table 9. Number of persons executed, by jurisdiction, 1930-2006
| Jurisdiction |
Number executed |
| |
| Since 1930 |
Since 1977 |
| |
| U.S. total |
4,916 |
|
1,057 |
|
| Texas |
676 |
|
379 |
|
| Georgia |
405 |
|
39 |
|
| New York |
329 |
|
0 |
|
| North Carolina |
306 |
|
43 |
|
| California |
305 |
|
13 |
|
| Florida |
234 |
|
64 |
|
| South Carolina |
198 |
|
36 |
|
| Ohio |
196 |
|
24 |
|
| Virginia |
190 |
|
98 |
|
| Alabama |
170 |
|
35 |
|
| Mississippi |
162 |
|
8 |
|
| Louisiana |
160 |
|
27 |
|
| Pennsylvania |
155 |
|
3 |
|
| Arkansas |
145 |
|
27 |
|
| Oklahoma |
143 |
|
83 |
|
| Missouri |
128 |
|
66 |
|
| Kentucky |
105 |
|
2 |
|
| Illinois |
102 |
|
12 |
|
| Tennessee |
95 |
|
2 |
|
| New Jersey |
74 |
|
0 |
|
| Maryland |
73 |
|
5 |
|
| Arizona |
60 |
|
22 |
|
| Indiana |
58 |
|
17 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Idaho |
4 |
|
1 |
|
| Vermont |
4 |
|
0 |
|
| New Hampshire |
1 |
|
0 |
|
| South Dakota |
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. |
