This graph shows the total number of death row inmates executed in the United States from 2000 to 2018, by ethnicity. As of April 2018, 821 of the executed death row inmates in the U.S. were white.
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Number of death row prisoners executed in the U.S. from 1976 to 2018, by race
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This graph shows the total number of death row inmates executed in the United States from 2000 to 2018, by ethnicity. As of April 2018, 821 of the executed death row inmates in the U.S. were white.
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This graph shows the total number of death row inmates executed in the United States from 2000 to 2018, by ethnicity. As of April 2018, 821 of the executed death row inmates in the U.S. were white.
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- September 2018
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- 1976-2018
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- As of April 1, 2018.
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 1976-2018
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- As of April 1, 2018.
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