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Number of persons executed in the United States, 1930-2007
Year Executions

1930 155  
1931 153  
1932 140  
1933 160  
1934 168  
1935 199  
1936 195  
1937 147  
1938 190  
1939 160  
1940 124  
1941 123  
1942 147  
1943 131  
1944 120  
1945 117  
1946 131  
1947 153  
1948 119  
1949 119  
1950 82  
1951 105  
1952 83  
1953 62  
1954 81  
1955 76  
1956 65  
1957 65  
1958 49  
1959 49  
1960 56  
1961 42  
1962 47  
1963 21  
1964 15  
1965 7  
1966 1  
1967 2  
1968 0  
1969 0  
1970 0  
1971 0  
1972 0  
1973 0  
1974 0  
1975 0  
1976 0  
1977 1  
1978 0  
1979 2  
1980 0  
1981 1  
1982 2  
1983 5  
1984 21  
1985 18  
1986 18  
1987 25  
1988 11  
1989 16  
1990 23  
1991 14  
1992 31  
1993 38  
1994 31  
1995 56  
1996 45  
1997 74  
1998 68  
1999 98  
2000 85  
2001 66  
2002 71  
2003 65  
2004 59  
2005 60  
2006 53  
2007 42  
Source: Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables, December 2007, NCJ 220219
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