Of those executed, 15 were female. (The last was Lisa Ann Coleman in Texas on September 14, 2014).

Of those executed, 772 (55.6%) were white and 470 (33.8%) were black.

Executions were held in 34 different states: 517 (37.2%) were in Texas and 20 (1.4%) were in Indiana.



Of those executed:

1,212 (87.3%) were executed by lethal injection, including 748 of the last 758 executions.

158 (11.6%) were executed by electric chair. (The last was Robert Charles Gleason Jr. in Virginia on January 16, 2013).

Florida 44, Virginia 31, Alabama 24, Georgia 23, Louisiana 20, South Carolina 7, Indiana 3, Nebraska 3, Kentucky 1, Arkansas 1, Tennessee 1.

11 (0.8%) were executed by gas chamber. (The last was Walter LaGrand in Arizona on March 3, 1999).

Mississippi 4, California 2, North Carolina 2, Arizona 2, Nevada 1.

3 (0.2%) were executed by hanging. (The last was Billy Bailey in Delaware on January 25, 1996).

Washington 2, Delaware 1.



3 (0.2%) were executed by firing squad. (The last was Ronnie Lee Gardner in Utah on June 18, 2010).

Utah 3.

Currently 32 states, the Federal Government and U.S. Military have active Death Penalty statutes:

(Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)

Currently, 18 states and the District of Columbia have no death penalty:

(Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

Executions in the United States 1976 - October 1, 2014

Texas 517 Tennessee 06 Virginia 110 Maryland 05 Oklahoma 110 Washington 05 Florida 88 Federal Government 03 Missouri 78 Pennsylvania 03 Alabama 56 Montana 03 Georgia 54 Nebraska 03 Ohio 53 Kentucky 03 North Carolina 43 Idaho 03 South Carolina 43 South Dakota 03 Arizona 37 Oregon 02 Louisiana 28 Wyoming 01 Arkansas 27 Colorado 01 Mississippi 21 Connecticut 01 Indiana 20 New Mexico 01 Delaware 16 New Hampshire 00 California 13 New Jersey 00 Nevada 12 New York 00 Illinois 12 Kansas 00 Utah 07 U.S. Military 00 Total 1,389

1976 00 1996 45 1977 01 1997 74 1978 00 1998 68 1979 02 1999 98 1980 00 2000 85 1981 01 2001 66 1982 02 2002 71 1983 05 2003 65 1984 21 2004 59 1985 18 2005 60 1986 18 2006 53 1987 25 2007 42 1988 11 2008 37 1989 16 2009 52 1990 23 2010 46 1991 14 2011 43 1992 31 2012 43 1993 38 2013 39 1994 31 2014 30 Total 1,389









