There are over 2,500 prisoners in U.S. custody presently facing execution. There continues to be a downward trend in death row sentences, presumably spurred on by false convictions, sentence reversals, and DNA evidence.
Data Sources:
Death Row Prisoners by State
Total Number of Death-Row Prisoners* as of January 1, 2022: 2,455**
StateNumber of Prisoners
California
695
Florida
333
Texas
198
Alabama
170
North Carolina
139
Ohio
135
Pennsylvania
130
Arizona
118
Louisiana
65
Nevada
65
Tennessee
49
Oklahoma46
U.S. Fed. Gov’t.
45
Georgia42
Mississippi
38
South Carolina
37
Arkansas
30
Kentucky
27
Oregon
24
Missouri
21
Nebraska
12
Kansas
9
Indiana
8
Idaho
8
Utah
7
U.S. Military
4
Montana
2
New Hampshire
1
South Dakota
1
Wyoming
0