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As of October 1, 2023, there were 2,262 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] . 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). [2] .
Death Row Prisoners by State. Total Number of Death-Row Prisoners* as of October 1, 2023: 2,266**
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State by State. The Death Penalty Information Center provides essential statistics like execution numbers, death row population, and murder rates for each state. We also provide historical background on the death penalty in each state, including abolitionist states.
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Death Row USA includes death penalty statistics and information, data on death row populations by state, executions carried out, statistics on race and gender, current death penalty cases, and more in states with the death penalty.
Nineteen states removed a total of 91 prisoners from under sentence of death by means other than execution in 2020. During 2020, 17 states and the BOP reported a decrease in the number of prisoners held under sentence of death, 16 states reported no change, and no states reported an increase in the number of prisoners held under sentence of death.
In 1953, there were 131 inmates on death row and 62 (47.3%) of them were executed. In 2020, the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 28 states held 2,469 prisoners under sentence of death, and executed 17 (0.7%) of them.
