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Table 5. Demographic characteristics of prisoners under sentence of death, 2006
| |
|
Percent of prisoners under
sentence of death, 2006 |
| |
|
| Characteristic |
Yearend |
Admissions |
Removals |
| |
| |
Total |
3,228 |
|
115 |
|
132 |
|
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Male |
98.3 |
% |
95.7 |
% |
98.5 |
% |
| |
Female |
1.7 |
|
4.3 |
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
White |
55.8 |
% |
62.6 |
% |
54.5 |
% |
| |
Black |
41.9 |
|
36.5 |
|
42.4 |
|
| |
All other
races* |
2.3 |
|
0.9 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
| Hispanic
origin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Hispanic |
11.1 |
% |
11.5 |
% |
12.0 |
% |
| |
Non-Hispanic |
76.1 |
|
88.5 |
|
88.0 |
|
|
|
| |
Number unknown |
414 |
|
19 |
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
8th grade
or less |
13.9 |
% |
11.7 |
% |
20.5 |
% |
| |
9th-11th
grade |
37.0 |
|
40.3 |
|
33.3 |
|
| |
High school
graduate/GED |
40.0 |
|
40.3 |
|
35.9 |
|
| |
Any college |
9.0 |
|
7.8 |
|
10.3 |
|
| |
Median |
11th |
|
11th |
|
11th |
|
|
|
| |
Number unknown |
486 |
|
38 |
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Marital
status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Married |
21.7 |
% |
17.7 |
% |
32.8 |
% |
| |
Divorced/separated |
20.6 |
|
22.9 |
|
17.6 |
|
| |
Widowed |
3.0 |
|
3.1 |
|
1.6 |
|
| |
Never married |
54.8 |
|
56.3 |
|
48.0 |
|
|
|
| |
Number unknown |
348 |
|
19 |
|
7 |
|
| |
Note: Calculations are based on
those cases for which data were reported. Detail may not add to total due
to rounding.
*At yearend 2005, inmates of "other" races consisted of 31 American Indians, 34 Asians, and 12 self-identified
Hispanics. During 2006, one Asian was admitted, and three American Indians and one self-identified Hispanic were removed. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
