Statistics

Death Row Since 1974

Table 1 shows the year-by-year population of death row from 1974 to the present. In the table, "Died" includes all death row prisoners who died by any cause other than execution. This includes deaths by natural causes, accidents, suicide, murder, and death during attempted escape. The "Removed" column counts those prisoners who were removed from death row, including overturned convictions, reduced sentences, commutations, pardons, and transfers to federal custody.

Table 1. Year-By-Year Death Row Population

	Jan. 1 Population	Executed	Died	Removed	Added
1974	0	0	1	0	9
1975	8	0	0	0	22
1976	30	0	0	0	24
1977	54	0	0	2	20
1978	72	0	0	5	44
1979	111	0	1	6	22
1980	126	0	0	10	28
1981	144	0	1	14	25
1982	154	1	0	19	29
1983	163	0	2	14	25
1984	172	3	0	4	23
1985	188	6	0	3	37
1986	216	10	2	4	43
1987	243	6	1	11	37
1988	262	3	0	3	35
1989	291	4	0	5	29
1990	311	4	1	4	29
1991	331	5	0	5	30
1992	351	12	1	6	32
1993	364	17	2	14	37
1994	368	14	0	6	47
1995	395	19	1	5	43
1996	413	3	0	3	39
1997	446	37	2	4	35
1998	438	20	3	4	42
1999	453	35	2	5	48
2000	459	40	2	2	30
2001	445	17	2	2	31
2002	455	33	3	4	36
2003	451	24	0	2	29
2004	454	23	3	7	25
2005	446	19	1	31	15
2006	410	24	3	3	11
2007	391	26	0	8	15
2008	372	18	2	8	9
2009	353	24	0	9	11
2010	331	17	3	6	9
2011	314	13	1	8	8
2012	300	15	2	2	9
2013	290	16	1	7	9
2014	275	10	0	2	11
2015	274	13	2	7	2
2016	254	7	2	6	4
2017	243	7	2	4	4
2018	234	13	0	4	6
2019	223	9	1	2	5
2020	216	3	2	7	2
2021	206	3	3	5	3
2022	198	5	1	4	2
2023	190	8	2	4	3
2024	179
Total		586	58	296	1,123

Figure 1 shows the year-by-year Texas death row population in line graph format. Again, population totals refer to 1 January of the given year.

Figure 1. Texas Death Row Population (click to enlarge)