Twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2018; of whom 23 died by lethal injection and two, in Tennessee, by electrocution, marking the first calendar year since 2000 in which more than one inmate was executed in that way. The states of Ohio and Nebraska have not carried out an execution since 2018.
List of people executed in the United States in 2018 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 18, 2018 55 24–33 22–31Male WhiteTexasLethal injection 2 January 30, 2018 64 46 18 Black 3 February 1, 2018 62 45 17White 4 February 22, 2018 47 21 26 Florida 5March 15, 2018 50 33 17 Alabama 6 67 26–27 40–41 Black Georgia 7 March 27, 2018 38 25 13 Hispanic Texas 8 April 19, 2018 83 54 29 White Alabama 9 April 25, 2018 31 21 10Black Texas 10 May 4, 2018 40 18 22 Georgia 11 May 16, 2018 37 22 15 HispanicTexas 12 June 27, 2018 66 27–31 35–39 White 13 July 17, 2018 34 21 13 Black 14 July 18, 2018 58 25 33White Ohio 15 August 9, 2018 59 26 Tennessee 16 August 14, 2018 60 21 39 Nebraska 17 September 26, 2018 51 30 21Texas 18 September 27, 2018 46 28 18 19 October 29, 2018 56 48 8 South Dakota 20 November 1, 2018 63 28 35 Tennessee Electrocution 21 November 14, 2018 64 37 27HispanicTexasLethal injection 22 December 4, 2018 47 29 18 23 December 6, 2018 61 23 38 White Tennessee Electrocution 24 December 11, 2018 43 18 25 Black TexasLethal injection 25 December 13, 2018 55 28 27 Hispanic Florida Average: 53 years 29 years 24 years
Demographics Gender Male 25 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 14 56% Black 6 24% Hispanic 5 20% State Texas 13 52% Tennessee 3 12% Alabama 2 8% Florida 2 8% Georgia 2 8% Nebraska 1 4% Ohio 1 4% South Dakota 1 4% Method Lethal injection 23 92% Electrocution 2 8% Month January 2 8% February 2 8% March 3 12% April 2 8% May 2 8% June 1 4% July 2 8% August 2 8% September 2 8% October 1 4% November 2 8% December 4 16% Age 30–39 4 16% 40–49 5 20% 50–59 7 28% 60–69 8 32% 70–79 0 0% 80–89 1 4% Total 25 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2019 22 2018 25 2017 23 Total 70
See also List of death row inmates in the United States List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976 List of most recent executions by jurisdiction List of women executed in the United States since 1976
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