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Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables

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Table 4. Prisoners under sentence of death, by region, jurisdiction, and race, 2005 and 2006
       Prisoners under sentence of death, 12/31/05     Received under sentence of death     Removed from death row (excluding executions)a     Executed     Prisoners under sentence of death, 12/31/06
Region and
jurisdiction 		Totalb Whitec Blackc   Totalb Whitec Blackc   Totalb Whitec Blackc   Totalb Whitec Blackc   Totalb Whitec Blackc
U.S. total 3,245 1,802 1,366   115 72 42   79 40 35   53 32 21   3,228 1,802 1,352
Federald 37 15 21   5 2 3   0 0 0   0 0 0   42 17 24
State 3,208 1,787 1,345   110 70 39   79 40 35   53 32 21   3,186 1,785 1,328
Northeast 239 84 144   4 1 3   7 4 3   0 0 0   236 81 144
Connecticut 8 5 3   0 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 0   7 4 3
New Hampshire 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0
New Jersey 10 4 6   0 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 0   9 3 6
New York 1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 1
Pennsylvania 220 75 134   4 1 3   5 2 3   0 0 0   219 74 134
Midwest 281 152 126   10 6 4   9 3 6   6 5 1   276 150 123
Illinois 7 5 2   3 2 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   10 7 3
Indiana 20 15 5   0 0 0   2 0 2   1 1 0   17 14 3
Kansas 1 0 1   1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 2
Missouri 46 24 22   4 3 1   3 1 2   0 0 0   47 26 21
Nebraska 10 9 1   0 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 0   9 8 1
Ohio 193 95 95   2 1 1   3 1 2   5 4 1   187 91 93
South Dakota 4 4 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   4 4 0
South 1,773 961 787   71 44 27   50 25 23   44 25 19   1,750 955 772
Alabama 190 96 94   13 9 4   9 4 5   1 1 0   193 100 93
Arkansas 38 14 24   0 0 0   2 1 1   0 0 0   36 13 23
Delaware 16 12 4   2 0 2   2 2 0   0 0 0   16 10 6
Florida 368 239 129   18 14 4   8 6 2   4 3 1   374 244 130
Georgia 106 56 49   0 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 0   105 55 49
Kentucky 36 28 8   4 3 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   40 31 9
Louisiana 83 29 53   3 2 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   86 31 54
Maryland 7 2 5   0 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 0   6 2 4
Mississippi 67 31 35   4 2 2   1 0 1   1 1 0   69 32 36
North Carolina 171 67 95   5 4 1   6 0 6   4 2 2   166 69 88
Oklahoma 87 48 32   4 2 2   3 0 1   4 3 1   84 47 32
South Carolina 69 32 37   4 1 3   10 7 3   1 1 0   62 25 37
Tennessee 103 60 41   1 1 0   1 0 1   1 1 0   102 60 40
Texas 410 237 169   11 5 6   6 4 2   24 10 14   391 228 159
Virginia 22 10 12   2 1 1   0 0 0   4 3 1   20 8 12
West 915 590 288   25 19 5   13 8 3   3 2 1   924 599 289
Arizona 108 92 12   6 5 1   4 3 0   0 0 0   110 94 13
California 646 383 234   17 12 4   6 5 1   1 1 0   656 389 237
Colorado 2 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   2 1 1
Idaho 18 18 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   18 18 0
Montana 4 3 0   0 0 0   1 0 0   1 1 0   2 2 0
Nevada 83 50 32   1 1 0   1 0 1   1 0 1   82 51 30
New Mexico 2 2 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   2 2 0
Oregon 31 27 3   1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   32 28 3
Utah 9 7 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   9 7 1
Washington 10 5 5   0 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 0   9 5 4
Wyoming 2 2 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   2 2 0
Note: Some figures shown for yearend 2005 are revised from those reported in Capital Punishment, 2005, NCJ 215083. The revised figures include 13 inmates who were either reported late to the National Prisoner Statistics program or were not in custody of State correctional authorities on 12/31/04 (3 in Pennsylvania; 2 in Georgia; and 1 each in Connecticut, Kansas, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Nevada, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons). The revised figures also exclude 22 inmates who were relieved of a death sentence before 12/31/05 (6 in Ohio; 4 in Florida; 3 each in Georgia and North Carolina; and 1 each in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons).
aIncludes 16 deaths from natural causes (2 each in North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, and California; and 1 each in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Nebraska, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Nevada) and 3 deaths from suicide (1 each in Alabama, Texas, and California).
bTotals include persons of races other than white and black.
cThe reporting of race and Hispanic origin differs from that presented in tables 8 and 10. In this table, white and black inmates include persons of Hispanic origin.
dExcludes persons held under Armed Forces jurisdiction with a military death sentence for murder.
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
   See also Methodology.
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