How many inmates are currently on death row nationwide?
As of January 1, 2007, there were 3,350 inmates on death row in the United States. The top three states were California with 660 inmates on death row, Florida with 397, and Texas with 393. As of June 30, 2007, there were 49 women on death row, constituting 1.4 percent of the total death-row population. For additional information, the Death Penalty Information Center tracks the number of Death Row Inmates by State. In 2006, 53 persons in 14 states were executed–24 in Texas; 5 in Ohio; 4 each in Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Virginia; and 1 each in Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, California, Montana, and Nevada. Of the 53 persons executed in 2006, 32 were white, 21 were black, and all 53 were men. Since 1976, only 11 women have been executed in the United States. From January 1, 1977, to December 31, 2005, 1,004 inmates were executed by 33 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Nearly two-thirds of the executions took place in five states: Texas (35
