Execution rates in the US by State
Here are the execution rates in the US by state
State Execution Rates
(as of 3/27/07)
| State | 2006 Population (x 10,000) |
Total # of Executions |
Rate per 10,000 pop. |
| Oklahoma | 357.9 | 84 | 0.235 |
| Texas | 2350.8 | 388 | 0.165 |
| Delaware | 85.3 | 14 | 0.164 |
| Virginia | 764.3 | 98 | 0.130 |
| Missouri | 584.3 | 66 | 0.113 |
| Arkansas | 281.1 | 27 | 0.096 |
| South Carolina | 432.1 | 36 | 0.083 |
| Alabama | 459.9 | 35 | 0.076 |
| Louisiana | 428.8 | 27 | 0.063 |
| Nevada | 249.6 | 12 | 0.048 |
| North Carolina | 885.7 | 43 | 0.049 |
| Georgia | 936.4 | 39 | 0.042 |
| Arizona | 616.6 | 22 | 0.036 |
| Florida | 1809 | 64 | 0.035 |
| Montana | 94.5 | 3 | 0.032 |
| Indiana | 631.4 | 17 | 0.027 |
| Utah | 255 | 6 | 0.024 |
| Mississippi | 291.1 | 8 | 0.027 |
| Ohio | 1147.8 | 24 | 0.021 |
| Wyoming | 51.5 | 1 | 0.019 |
| Nebraska | 176.8 | 3 | 0.017 |
| Illinois | 1283.2 | 12 | 0.009 |
| Maryland | 561.6 | 5 | 0.009 |
| Idaho | 146.6 | 1 | 0.007 |
| Washington | 639.6 | 4 | 0.006 |
| Oregon | 370.1 | 2 | 0.005 |
| Kentucky | 420.6 | 2 | 0.005 |
| New Mexico | 195.5 | 1 | 0.005 |
| California | 3645.8 | 13 | 0.004 |
| Connecticut | 350.5 | 1 | 0.003 |
| Tennessee | 603.9 | 2 | 0.003 |
| Pennsylvania | 1244.1 | 3 | 0.002 |
| Colorado | 475.3 | 1 | 0.002 |
| Kansas | 276.4 | 0 | 0.000 |
| New Hampshire | 131.5 | 0 | 0.000 |
| New Jersey | 872.5 | 0 | 0.000 |
| New York | 1930.6 | 0 | 0.000 |
| South Dakota | 78.2 | 0 | 0.000 |