Number of prisoners removed from death row U.S. 2020, by ethnicity

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 4, 2023
In 2020, 91 inmates were removed from death row in the United States. This includes 38 natural deaths. Of these 91 inmates removed from death row, 46 were White. The death penalty is authorized in 27 states and by the federal government in the United States.

Number of prisoners removed from death row in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity

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Release date

December 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

*Includes 38 deaths from natural causes.
The data for white and black inmates include persons of Hispanic/Latino origin.
The data for the total number includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.

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