NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, "Death Row USA" Fall 2001

(numbers as of 10/1/01)

Defense & Education Fund's "Death Row USA"

 # of inmates on death row: 
January 1, 2001 - 3,726 
October 1, 2001 - 3,709

  States with the largest death row population:  
California (602) 
Texas  (454) 
Florida  (385) 
Pennsylvania  (244) 
North Carolina (235)  

Jurisdictions with the highest percent of minorities on death row:  
U.S. Government (87%) 
U.S. Military (86%) 
Colorado (83%) 
Pennsylvania (70%) 
Florida (69%) 

Louisiana (69%) Race of victims in underlying crime for those executed since 1976: 
White -             80.79% 
Black -             13.66 
Latino/a-            3.44 
Asian-                1.85 
Native American-  .26