Joshua,
Per Death Row USA Winter 1998 (as of 1/1/1998)
3365 known on death row
male 3316 female 49
racial breakdown:
white 1572 (46.72%)
black 1380 (41.01%)
latino/a 263 (7.82%)
native american 49 (1.46%)
asian 21 (.62%)
unknown 80 (2.38%)

I don't quite understand your second question. If you mean what was the 1980 census figures, I don't know. Its my impression that blacks make up about 12 to 15 % of the general population.
Dwight Aarons
Univ. of Tenn.


Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 12:15:48 -0600
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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 11:33:23 -0600
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From: Joshua Dressler <jdressler@unix1.cc.uop.edu>
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Longshot:

Does anyone know what the Death Row census is for the USA, as of the end of 1997?
Joshua,
Per LDF's Death Row USA, Summer 1997 (the latest issue I have at hand):
As of 7/31/97, total death row inmates: 3,269.
racial breakdown:
white: 1,538 (47.05%)
black: 1,340 (40.99%)
latino/a: 227 (6.94%)
native am.: 46 (1.41%)
asian: 23 (.70%)
unknown: 95 (2.91%)
JQB
Does anyone know the racial census as of the end of 1997?
Thanks for any quick figures. (I am teaching a class very soon and do not have the data easily and quickly available).

Professor Joshua Dressler, McGeorge School of Law
3200 Fifth Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95817
Office (916) 739-7150 fax: (916) 739-7111

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