Twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2024, three by nitrogen hypoxia and twenty-two by lethal injection. The first person executed in 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith, became the first person in the United States and in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. Three states saw their first executions in over a decade. Utah saw its first execution since 2010 in August. South Carolina carried out its first execution since 2011 in September. Indiana conducted its first execution since 2009 in December. September 2024 also saw the greatest number of inmates executed within a one-week span since July 2003.
List of people executed in the United States in 2024 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 25, 2024 58 22 36Male White Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia 2 February 28, 2024 50 27 23 Hispanic TexasLethal injection 3 March 20, 2024 59 28 31Black Georgia 4 April 4, 2024 41 19 22 Oklahoma 5 April 9, 2024 52 34 18White Missouri 6 May 30, 2024 50 30 20 Alabama 7 June 11, 2024 69 54 15 Missouri 8 June 26, 2024 41 18 23 Hispanic Texas 9 June 27, 2024 66 26 40 White Oklahoma 10 July 18, 2024 64 37 27Black Alabama 11 August 7, 2024 54 27 Texas 12 August 8, 2024 48 22 26 Native American Utah 13 August 29, 2024 57 27 30 White Florida 14 September 20, 2024 46 19 27Black South Carolina 15 September 24, 2024 55 29 26 Missouri 16 38 21 17 White Texas 17 September 26, 2024 52 20 32 Black Oklahoma 18 59 34 25 White Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia 19 October 1, 2024 61 26 35 Black TexasLethal injection 20 October 17, 2024 36 27 9 White Alabama 21 November 1, 2024 59 34 25 Black South Carolina 22 November 21, 2024 50 19 31White Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia 23 December 3, 2024 49 32 17 MissouriLethal injection 24 December 18, 2024 22 27 Indiana 25 December 19, 2024 45 26 19 Oklahoma Average: 52 years 27 years 25 years
Demographics Gender Male 25 Female 0 Ethnicity White 13 Black 9 Hispanic 2 Native American 1 State Alabama 6 Texas 5 Missouri 4 Oklahoma 4 South Carolina 2 Florida 1 Georgia 1 Indiana 1 Utah 1 Method Lethal injection 22 Nitrogen hypoxia 3 Month January 1 February 1 March 1 April 2 May 1 June 3 July 1 August 3 September 5 October 2 November 2 December 3 Age 30–39 2 40–49 7 50–59 12 60–69 4 Total 25 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2025 47 2024 25 2023 24 Total 96
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 people executed in Texas, 2020–present List of women executed in the United States since 1976
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