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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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