StateMaster - Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 (most recent) by state

Rank	States	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Texas:	379
#2	Virginia:	98
#3	Oklahoma:	83
#4	Missouri:	66
#5	Florida:	64
#6	North Carolina:	43
#7	Georgia:	39
#8	South Carolina:	36
#9	Alabama:	35
#10	Arkansas:	27
#11	Louisiana:	27
#12	Ohio:	24
#13	Arizona:	22
#14	Indiana:	17
#15	Delaware:	14
#16	California:	13
#17	Illinois:	12
#18	Nevada:	12
#19	Mississippi:	8
#20	Utah:	6
#21	Maryland:	5
#22	Washington:	4
#23	Nebraska:	3
#24	Pennsylvania:	3
#25	Montana:	3
#26	Tennessee:	2
#27	Kentucky:	2
#28	Oregon:	2
#29	Idaho:	1
#30	Colorado:	1
#31	Connecticut:	1
#32	New Mexico:	1
#33	Wyoming:	1
#34	New York:	0
#35	District of Columbia:	0
#36	Iowa:	0
#37	Vermont:	0
#38	Kansas:	0
#39	New Jersey:	0
#40	Massachusetts:	0
#41	South Dakota:	0
#42	New Hampshire:	0
#43	West Virginia:	0
	Total:	1,054
	Weighted average:	24.5

DEFINITION: Total number of prisoners executed by state from 1977 to 2006. NOTE: During this period of time, the Federal System executed 3 people by lethal injection.

SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006

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