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List of death row inmates in the United States

, there were 2,004 death row inmates in the United States, including 44 women. The number of death row inmates changes frequently 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as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the information may become outdated.

Demographics

Number on death row by jurisdiction

As of February 10, 2026.

  • California: 579
  • Florida: 251
  • Texas: 168
  • Alabama: 154
  • North Carolina: 122
  • Ohio: 110
  • Arizona: 108
  • Pennsylvania: 94
  • Nevada: 64
  • Louisiana: 55
  • Tennessee: 41
  • Mississippi: 35
  • Georgia: 33
  • Oklahoma: 27
  • Kentucky: 24
  • South Carolina: 23
  • Arkansas: 23
  • Nebraska: 11
  • Kansas: 9
  • Idaho: 8
  • Missouri: 8
  • Indiana: 5
  • U.S. Military: 4
  • Utah: 3
  • Federal Government: 3
  • Montana: 2
  • South Dakota: 1
  • New Hampshire: 1
  • Wyoming: 0
  • Oregon: 0

Ethnicity of defendants on death row

  • White: 834 (41.62%)
  • African-American: 814 (40.62%)
  • Hispanic: 299 (14.92%)
  • Asian: 38 (1.90%)
  • Native American: 19 (0.95%)

Comparatively, 61.63% of the U.S. population is White, 12.40% is African-American, 18.7% is Hispanic, 7.24% is Asian, and 2.92% is Native American.

Gender of defendants on death row

  • Male: 1,960 (97.80%)
  • Female: 44 (2.20%)

Comparatively, 50.8% of the U.S. population is female, and 49.2% is male.

Education

  • 69.75% have less than a high school diploma or GED.

Comparatively, 12.19% of U.S. adults have less than a high school diploma or GED.

Time on death row

  • Median time, in years, a death row prisoner has been awaiting execution: 7 (2014)
  • Average time, in years, between imposition of a death sentence and execution: 12 (2014)
  • For people executed in 2024: 25 years on average between offense and execution.

Later found innocent or exonerated

  • As of early 2026, over 2% of all persons that had been sentenced to death row since 1972 have been formally exonerated and released (202 total).

List of death row inmates by jurisdiction

Federal

  • On death row: 3 ()
  • Total number executed: 50 (1927–2021)

Military

  • On death row: 4
  • Total number executed: 160 US servicemen (1942 to 1961) & numerous others convicted of varying offences against US forces during and after World War II

Alabama

  • On death row: 155 ()
  • Total number executed: 786 (1800–2025)

Due to the number of Alabama death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

American Samoa

  • On death row: 0
  • Total number executed: 0 (since 1939)

Capital punishment exists as a punishment in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States, but does not have a prescribed method of execution. No executions have been imposed or performed since the territory gained self-governance in 1949; the last executions occurred in 1939, when the island was under the control of the United States Navy.

Arizona

  • On death row: 108 ()
  • Total number executed: 145 (1800–2025)

Due to the number of Arizona death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Arkansas

  • On death row: 23 ()
  • Total number executed: 509 (1800–2017)

Due to the number of Arkansas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

California

  • On death row: 578 ()
  • Total number executed: 722 (1778–2006)

Due to the number of California death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Florida

  • On death row: 248 ()
  • Total number executed: 425 (1827–2025)

Due to the number of Florida death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Georgia

  • On death row: 33 ()
  • Total number executed: 1,027 (1735–2024)

Due to the number of Georgia death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Idaho

  • On death row: 8
  • Total number executed: 29 (1800–2012)

Indiana

  • On death row: 5 (October 10, 2025)
  • Total number executed: 153 (1800–2025)

Kansas

  • On death row: 9
  • Total number executed: 57 (1800–1965)

Kentucky

  • On death row: 24
  • Total number executed: 427 (1700–2008)

Due to the number of Kentucky death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Louisiana

  • On death row: 55 ()
  • Total number executed: 660 (1700–2025)

Due to the number of Louisiana death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Mississippi

  • On death row: 35
  • Total number executed: 376 (1800–2025)

Due to the number of Mississippi death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Missouri

  • On death row: 8
  • Total number executed: 379 (1800–2025)

Montana

  • On death row: 2
  • Total number executed: 74 (1800–2006)

Nebraska

  • On death row: 11
  • Total number executed: 38 (1866–2018)

Nevada

  • On death row: 64
  • Total number executed: 76 (1800–2006)

Due to the number of Nevada death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

New Hampshire

  • On death row: 1 (2014)
  • Total number executed: 24 (1700–1939)

Note: On May 30, 2019, the state Senate voted to override Governor Chris Sununu's veto on a bill that abolished the state's death penalty 16–8. Since the veto had already been overridden by the state House of Representatives, the bill immediately became law and abolished capital punishment, replacing it with life in prison without the possibility of parole. The law was not retroactive and the one person on death row at the time of abolition remains there.

North Carolina

  • On death row: 122
  • Total number executed: 827 (1700–2006)

Due to the number of North Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Ohio

  • On death row: 109 ()
  • Total number executed: 494 (1700–2018)

Due to the number of Ohio death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Oklahoma

  • On death row: 26 ()
  • Total number executed: 254 (1800–2025)

Due to the number of Oklahoma death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Oregon

  • On death row: 0 ()
  • Total number executed: 124 (1800–1997)

Pennsylvania

  • On death row: 94 ()
  • Total number executed: 1,043 (1608–1999)

Due to the number of Pennsylvania death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

South Carolina

  • On death row: 23
  • Total number executed: 690 (1700–2025)

Due to the number of South Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

South Dakota

  • On death row: 1
  • Total number executed: 20 (1866–2019)

Tennessee

  • On death row: 41
  • Total number executed: 348 (1700–2025)

Due to the number of Tennessee death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed.

Texas

  • On death row: 167
  • Total number executed: 1344 (1800–2025)

Due to the number of Texas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages or part of a criminal enterprise with a separate Wikipedia page are listed.

Utah

  • On death row: 3
  • Total number executed: 52 (1800–2024)

Wyoming

  • On death row: 0
  • Total number executed: 23 (1866–1992)

Jurisdictions without the death penalty

Twenty-three states have abolished capital punishment. Crimes committed in these states are still eligible for the death penalty if they are convicted in federal court for certain federal crimes. Capital punishment has been abolished in New Hampshire, but only for new sentences. One prisoner (Michael Addison) who was already sentenced to death remains on death row in the state.

States and the date of abolition of capital punishment:

  1. Michigan (1846; abolished for murder, retained for treason until 1963)
  2. Wisconsin (1853)
  3. Maine (1887)
  4. Minnesota (1911)
  5. Hawaii (1948; prior to statehood)
  6. Alaska (1957; prior to statehood)
  7. Vermont (1964; abolished for murder, retained for treason until 1972)
  8. Iowa (1965)
  9. West Virginia (1965)
  10. North Dakota (1973)
  11. Massachusetts (1984)
  12. Rhode Island (1984)
  13. New Jersey (2007)
  14. New York (2007)
  15. New Mexico (2009)
  16. Illinois (2011)
  17. Connecticut (2012)
  18. Maryland (2013)
  19. Delaware (2016)
  20. Washington (2018)
  21. New Hampshire (2019)
  22. Colorado (2020)
  23. Virginia (2021)

Territories and federal districts:

  1. Puerto Rico (1929)
  2. Northern Mariana Islands (before 1970; prior to Commonwealth status)
  3. Guam (1978)
  4. Washington, D.C. (1981)
  5. United States Virgin Islands (1991)

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