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Women on Death Row

(as of 12/31/2007)

State Total1 White Black
California 15 8 2
Texas 10 5 5
Pennsylvania 4 2 2
North Carolina 4 2 1
Alabama 2 1 1
Tennessee 2 2 0
Arizona 2 2 0
Ohio 1 1 0
Georgia 1 1 0
Kentucky 1 1 0
Mississippi 2 2 0
Oklahoma 1 1 0
Virginia 1 1 0
Idaho 1 1 0
Indiana 1 0 1
Louisiana 2 1 1
Federal 1 0 0
Total 51 31 13
1. Total includes races other than white and black.
Source: DPIC, 2007

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