As of December 31, 2020, a total of 2,469 people were to be executed in the United States. Of those prisoners, 1,015 prisoners were Black and on death row. The death penatly is authorized by 27 states and the federal government in the United States.
Number of prisoners in the U.S. with a death sentence in 2020, by ethnicity
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* The data includes all inmates currently under sentence of death up to December 31st, 2020. 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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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 10, 2021). Number of prisoners in the U.S. with a death sentence in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/198989/number-of-prisoners-with-a-death-sentence-in-the-us-by-ethnic-group/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of prisoners in the U.S. with a death sentence in 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. December 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198989/number-of-prisoners-with-a-death-sentence-in-the-us-by-ethnic-group/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Number of prisoners in the U.S. with a death sentence in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198989/number-of-prisoners-with-a-death-sentence-in-the-us-by-ethnic-group/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of Prisoners in The U.S. with a Death Sentence in 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198989/number-of-prisoners-with-a-death-sentence-in-the-us-by-ethnic-group/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Number of prisoners in the U.S. with a death sentence in 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198989/number-of-prisoners-with-a-death-sentence-in-the-us-by-ethnic-group/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of prisoners in the U.S. with a death sentence in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/198989/number-of-prisoners-with-a-death-sentence-in-the-us-by-ethnic-group/