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Table 5. Demographic characteristics of prisoners under sentence of death,
2007
| |
|
Prisoners under sentence of death, 2007 |
|
|
| Characteristic |
Yearend |
|
Admissions |
|
Removals |
|
| |
| |
Total inmates |
3,220 |
|
115 |
|
128 |
|
| |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Male |
98.3 |
% |
98.3 |
% |
99.2 |
% |
| |
Female |
1.7 |
|
1.7 |
|
0.8 |
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
White |
56.0 |
% |
58.3 |
% |
53.9 |
% |
| |
Black |
41.8 |
|
40.9 |
|
43.0 |
|
| |
All other races* |
2.2 |
|
0.9 |
|
3.1 |
|
| Hispanic origin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Hispanic |
12.9 |
% |
14.4 |
% |
9.5 |
% |
| |
Non-Hispanic |
87.1 |
|
85.6 |
|
90.5 |
|
| |
| |
Number unknown |
413 |
|
11 |
|
12 |
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
8th grade or less |
13.8 |
% |
7.9 |
% |
13.9 |
% |
| |
9th-11th grade |
36.7 |
|
36.5 |
|
43.5 |
|
| |
High school graduate/GED |
40.4 |
|
44.4 |
|
36.1 |
|
| |
Any college |
9.2 |
|
11.1 |
|
6.5 |
|
| |
Median |
11th |
|
12th |
|
11th |
|
| |
| |
Number unknown |
522 |
|
52 |
|
20 |
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Married |
22.2 |
% |
29.9 |
% |
20.4 |
% |
| |
Divorced/separated |
20.4 |
|
14.9 |
|
16.8 |
|
| |
Widowed |
2.8 |
|
2.3 |
|
5.3 |
|
| |
Never married |
54.5 |
|
52.9 |
|
57.5 |
|
| |
| |
Number unknown |
362 |
|
28 |
|
15 |
|
| |
| Note: Calculations are based on those cases for which
data were reported. Detail may not add to total due to rounding. |
| *At yearend 2006, inmates of "other" races consisted
of 28 American Indians, 35 Asians, and 11 self-identified Hispanics.
During 2007, 1 Asian was admitted; and 2 American Indians, 1 Asian,
and and 1 self-identified Hispanic were removed. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
