U.S. capital punishment - death sentences 2021, by ethnicity
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Updated Jul 9, 2025
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2025). U.S. capital punishment - death sentences 2021, by ethnicity [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198997/number-of-death-sentence-prisoners-received-to-prison-in-2009-in-the-us/Dataset updatedJul 9, 2025Time period covered2021Area coveredUnited StatesDescriptionIn 2021, a total number of ** people were admitted to prison in the United States awaiting execution. Of these, ** prisoners admitted to prison on death row were white. In the United States, ** states and the federal government authorize the death penalty.
U.S. capital punishment - racial distribution of death row inmates 2024
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Updated Jun 23, 2025ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2025). U.S. capital punishment - racial distribution of death row inmates 2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/629895/number-of-death-row-inmates-by-race-us/Dataset updatedJun 23, 2025Time period coveredJan 1, 2024Area coveredUnited StatesDescriptionAs of January 2024, about *** inmates on death row in the United States were white. A further *** death row inmates in that same year were Black, and ** people on death row in the country were Native Americans.
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FacebookTwitterEmailIn 2021, a total number of ** people were admitted to prison in the United States awaiting execution. Of these, ** prisoners admitted to prison on death row were white. In the United States, ** states and the federal government authorize the death penalty.