U.S. capital punishment - prisoners under sentence of death 2020, by age

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 10, 2023
In 2020, around 12.8 percent of prisoners on death row in the United States were between 40 and 44 years of age. Most prisoners on death row, at 17.7 percent, were between the ages of 50 and 54 years old. The death penalty is authoized in 27 states and by the federal government.

Share of prisoners under sentence of death in the United States at year-end 2020, by age group

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Release date

December 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

The data includes all inmates on death row up to December 31st, 2020.

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