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Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables
Download spreadsheet version (.csv file)| Percent of prisoners under sentence of death, 2006 |
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| Characteristic | Yearend | Admissions | Removals | |||||
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| Total | 3,228 | 115 | 132 | |||||
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| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 98.3 | % | 95.7 | % | 98.5 | % | ||
| Female | 1.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | |||||
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| Race | ||||||||
| White | 55.8 | % | 62.6 | % | 54.5 | % | ||
| Black | 41.9 | 36.5 | 42.4 | |||||
| All other races* | 2.3 | 0.9 | 3.0 | |||||
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| Hispanic origin | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 11.1 | % | 11.5 | % | 12.0 | % | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 76.1 | 88.5 | 88.0 | |||||
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| Number unknown | 414 | 19 | 15 | |||||
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| Education | ||||||||
| 8th grade or less | 13.9 | % | 11.7 | % | 20.5 | % | ||
| 9th-11th grade | 37.0 | 40.3 | 33.3 | |||||
| High school graduate/GED |
40.0 | 40.3 | 35.9 | |||||
| Any college | 9.0 | 7.8 | 10.3 | |||||
| Median | 11th | 11th | 11th | |||||
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| Number unknown | 486 | 38 | 15 | |||||
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| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 21.7 | % | 17.7 | % | 32.8 | % | ||
| Divorced/separated | 20.6 | 22.9 | 17.6 | |||||
| Widowed | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.6 | |||||
| Never married | 54.8 | 56.3 | 48.0 | |||||
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| Number unknown | 348 | 19 | 7 | |||||
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| Note: Calculations are based on
those cases for which data were reported. Detail may not add to total due
to rounding. *At yearend 2005, inmates of "other" races consisted of 31 American Indians, 34 Asians, and 12 self-identified Hispanics. During 2006, one Asian was admitted, and three American Indians and one self-identified Hispanic were removed. |
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See also Methodology.
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