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Prisoners on death row by race
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Number of prisoners under sentence of death, 1968-2006
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Number of prisoners on
death row |
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|
| Year |
White |
Black |
Other |
|
| 1968 |
243 |
|
271 |
|
3 |
|
| 1969 |
263 |
|
310 |
|
2 |
|
| 1970 |
293 |
|
335 |
|
3 |
|
| 1971 |
306 |
|
332 |
|
4 |
|
| 1972 |
167 |
|
166 |
|
1 |
|
| 1973 |
64 |
|
68 |
|
2 |
|
| 1974 |
110 |
|
128 |
|
6 |
|
| 1975 |
218 |
|
262 |
|
8 |
|
| 1976 |
225 |
|
195 |
|
0 |
|
| 1977 |
229 |
|
192 |
|
2 |
|
| 1978 |
281 |
|
197 |
|
4 |
|
| 1979 |
354 |
|
236 |
|
3 |
|
| 1980 |
424 |
|
264 |
|
4 |
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| 1981 |
499 |
|
353 |
|
8 |
|
| 1982 |
613 |
|
441 |
|
12 |
|
| 1983 |
692 |
|
505 |
|
12 |
|
| 1984 |
806 |
|
598 |
|
16 |
|
| 1985 |
896 |
|
664 |
|
15 |
|
| 1986 |
1,013 |
|
762 |
|
25 |
|
| 1987 |
1,128 |
|
813 |
|
26 |
|
| 1988 |
1,235 |
|
848 |
|
34 |
|
| 1989 |
1,308 |
|
898 |
|
37 |
|
| 1990 |
1,368 |
|
940 |
|
38 |
|
| 1991 |
1,449 |
|
979 |
|
37 |
|
| 1992 |
1,511 |
|
1,031 |
|
38 |
|
| 1993 |
1,575 |
|
1,111 |
|
41 |
|
| 1994 |
1,653 |
|
1,203 |
|
49 |
|
| 1995 |
1,732 |
|
1,284 |
|
48 |
|
| 1996 |
1,833 |
|
1,358 |
|
51 |
|
| 1997 |
1,864 |
|
1,408 |
|
56 |
|
| 1998 |
1,917 |
|
1,489 |
|
59 |
|
| 1999 |
1,960 |
|
1,515 |
|
65 |
|
| 2000 |
1,989 |
|
1,541 |
|
71 |
|
| 2001 |
1,968 |
|
1,538 |
|
71 |
|
| 2002 |
1,939 |
|
1,551 |
|
72 |
|
| 2003 |
1,883 |
|
1,417 |
|
78 |
|
| 2004 |
1,856 |
|
1,390 |
|
74 |
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| 2005 |
1,802 |
|
1,366 |
|
77 |
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| 2006 |
1,802 |
|
1,352 |
|
74 |
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| Source: Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables, December 2007, NCJ
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