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Advance count of executions
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Table 9. Number of persons executed, by jurisdiction, 1930-2006
Jurisdiction |
Number executed |
|
Since 1930 |
Since 1977 |
|
U.S. total |
4,916 |
|
1,057 |
|
Texas |
676 |
|
379 |
|
Georgia |
405 |
|
39 |
|
New York |
329 |
|
0 |
|
North Carolina |
306 |
|
43 |
|
California |
305 |
|
13 |
|
Florida |
234 |
|
64 |
|
South Carolina |
198 |
|
36 |
|
Ohio |
196 |
|
24 |
|
Virginia |
190 |
|
98 |
|
Alabama |
170 |
|
35 |
|
Mississippi |
162 |
|
8 |
|
Louisiana |
160 |
|
27 |
|
Pennsylvania |
155 |
|
3 |
|
Arkansas |
145 |
|
27 |
|
Oklahoma |
143 |
|
83 |
|
Missouri |
128 |
|
66 |
|
Kentucky |
105 |
|
2 |
|
Illinois |
102 |
|
12 |
|
Tennessee |
95 |
|
2 |
|
New Jersey |
74 |
|
0 |
|
Maryland |
73 |
|
5 |
|
Arizona |
60 |
|
22 |
|
Indiana |
58 |
|
17 |
|
Washington |
51 |
|
4 |
|
Colorado |
48 |
|
1 |
|
Nevada |
41 |
|
12 |
|
District of Columbia |
40 |
|
0 |
|
West Virginia |
40 |
|
0 |
|
Federal system |
36 |
|
3 |
|
Massachusetts |
27 |
|
0 |
|
Delaware |
26 |
|
14 |
|
Connecticut |
22 |
|
1 |
|
Oregon |
21 |
|
2 |
|
Utah |
19 |
|
6 |
|
Iowa |
18 |
|
0 |
|
Kansas |
15 |
|
0 |
|
Montana |
9 |
|
3 |
|
New Mexico |
9 |
|
1 |
|
Wyoming |
8 |
|
1 |
|
Nebraska |
7 |
|
3 |
|
Idaho |
4 |
|
1 |
|
Vermont |
4 |
|
0 |
|
New Hampshire |
1 |
|
0 |
|
South Dakota |
1 |
|
0 |
|
|
Note: Military authorities carried
out an additional 160 executions between 1930 and 1961. |
|
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |