This is a list of women on death row in the United States. The number of death row inmates fluctuates daily with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the information in this article may be out of date. The time on death row counter starts on the day they were first placed on death row. It does not count time incarcerated prior to sentencing nor does it discount time spent in prison off death row in cases where death sentences were overturned before being reinstated.
Demographics of women subjected to extreme sentences like the death penalty or life without parole, known as virtual death sentences, are highly skewed towards women of color. A national study shows that one in every 39 Black women in prison is serving life without parole, while their white female counterparts have a rate of one in every 59. This is further exacerbated in southern states of the U.S. like Mississippi where it's one in 12, or in Louisiana where one in 14 Black women in prison have a LWOP (life without parole) sentence. Latinx women make up 6% of the national total of LWOP sentences being served by women, however, states like New York or Texas have more than 20% of their Latinx female prison population sentenced to life without parole.
As of 2026, there are currently 45 women awaiting execution in all of the United States overall.