State rankings
Executions by State
Florida has the highest Executions in 2025 (5), followed by Texas (3) and South Carolina (3). Oklahoma has the lowest (1).
7 of 51 states
Executions, 2025
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
2
Middle half 1 – 3
Average
2.29
7 states
Lowest (best)
1
Arizona
Highest (worst)
5
Florida
Over time · 2020–2026
The top 5 in 2025, against the median.
- Median of all states
- Arizona
- Louisiana
- Oklahoma
- Alabama
- Texas
Data
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36 states · # = rank by Executions
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arizona | 1 | 40 | 0.54 | No |
| 1 |  Louisiana | 1 | 28 | 0.61 | No |
| 1 |  Oklahoma | 1 | 123 | 3.03 | No |
| 4 |  Alabama | 2 | 73 | 1.43 | No |
| 5 |  Texas | 3 | 586 | 1.92 | No |
| 5 |  South Carolina | 3 | 43 | 0.8 | No |
| 7 |  Florida | 5 | 105 | 0.46 | No |
| — |  California | — | 13 | 0.028 | No |
| — |  Pennsylvania | — | 3 | 0.023 | No |
| — |  Illinois | — | 12 | 0.09 | Yes |
| — |  Ohio | — | 56 | 0.48 | No |
| — |  Georgia | — | 76 | 0.69 | No |
| — |  North Carolina | — | 43 | 0.397 | No |
| — |  Virginia | — | 113 | 1.296 | Yes |
| — |  Washington | — | 5 | 0.06 | Yes |
| — |  Tennessee | — | 13 | 0.18 | No |
| — |  Indiana | — | 20 | 0.29 | No |
| — |  Missouri | — | 97 | 1.57 | No |
| — |  Maryland | — | 5 | 0.08 | Yes |
| — |  Colorado | — | 1 | 0.017 | Yes |
| — |  Kentucky | — | 3 | 0.07 | No |
| — |  Oregon | — | 2 | 0.047 | No |
| — |  Connecticut | — | 1 | 0.027 | Yes |
| — |  Utah | — | 7 | 0.22 | No |
| — |  Nevada | — | 12 | 0.38 | No |
| — |  Arkansas | — | 31 | 1.01 | No |
| — |  Kansas | — | — | — | No |
| — |  Mississippi | — | 23 | 0.78 | No |
| — |  New Mexico | — | 1 | 0.047 | Yes |
| — |  Idaho | — | 3 | 0.15 | No |
| — |  Nebraska | — | 4 | 0.2 | No |
| — |  New Hampshire | — | — | — | Yes |
| — |  Montana | — | 3 | 0.26 | No |
| — |  Delaware | — | 16 | 1.55 | Yes |
| — |  South Dakota | — | 5 | 0.54 | No |
| — |  Wyoming | — | 1 | 0.17 | No |
What correlates with Executions (2025)?
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Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Executions?
- Florida has the highest Executions in 2025, at 5, followed by Texas (3) and South Carolina (3).
- Which state has the lowest Executions?
- Oklahoma has the lowest Executions in 2025, at 1.
- What is the median Executions across US states?
- The median is 2 across the 7 US states with data in 2025.
- Where does this executions by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Executions by State and Year - Death Penalty Information Center; Per Capita State Execution Rates - Death Penalty Information Center.