Eighty-five people, eighty-three male and two female, Betty Lou Beets and Christina Marie Riggs, were executed in the United States in 2000, eighty by lethal injection and five, four in Alabama and one in Virginia, were carried out by electrocution. Forty of them were in the state of Texas; the most carried out within a single year in Texas state history. The state of Tennessee carried out its first execution since 1960, that of Robert Glen Coe.

List of people executed in the United States in 2000 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 6, 2000 41 23 18Male Black Oklahoma Lethal injection 2 January 7, 2000 37 21 16White Alabama Electrocution 3 January 10, 2000 26 17 9 VirginiaLethal injection 4 January 12, 2000 48 40 8 Texas 5January 13, 2000 46 30 16 Oklahoma 6 23 17 6 Virginia 7 January 18, 2000 31 22 9Texas 8 January 20, 2000 38 26 12 Black 9 January 21, 2000 42 24 18White 10 January 24, 2000 47 23 11 January 25, 2000 27 17 10 Black 12 January 27, 2000 39 22 17 White 13 February 10, 2000 42 30 12 Black Oklahoma 14 February 16, 2000 45 28 17 White Arizona 15February 23, 2000 38 25 13 Black Texas 16 58 35 23WhiteFlorida 17February 24, 2000 40 2416 18 62 46 FemaleTexas 19 March 1, 2000 31 21 10MaleBlack 20 March 3, 2000 48 26 22 Alabama Electrocution 21 March 14, 2000 28 19 9 TexasLethal injection 22March 15, 2000 45 23 22 Native American California 23 50 27 23White Arizona 24 36 24 12 Texas 25 March 16, 2000 27 20 7 Black Virginia 26 March 22, 2000 62 54 8 White Missouri 27 March 23, 2000 31 22 9Black Oklahoma 28 April 14, 2000 52 37 15 Alabama Electrocution 29 April 19, 2000 44 23 21 White TennesseeLethal injection 30 April 27, 2000 43 28 15 Black Oklahoma 31 May 2, 2000 28 26 2 Female White Arkansas 32 May 4, 2000 43 27 16Male BlackTexas 33 May 9, 2000 37 23 14White 34 May 11, 2000 38 15 35 May 23, 2000 32 19 13 Black 36 May 24, 2000 47 31 16 White 37May 25, 2000 51 34 17Black Oklahoma 38 33 20 13Texas 39 May 31, 2000 34 26 8 40 June 1, 2000 51 36 15 Native American Oklahoma 41 June 2, 2000 35 18 17Black Alabama Electrocution 42 June 6, 2000 39 30 9 LouisianaLethal injection 43 June 7, 2000 49 26 23 Florida 44 June 8, 2000 39 24 15White Oklahoma 45 June 12, 2000 48 39 9Texas 46 June 14, 2000 44 3311Black 47June 15, 2000 29 18 Oklahoma 48 31 25 6 Hispanic Texas 49 June 21, 2000 51 34 17 White Florida 50 June 22, 2000 36 17 19 Black Texas 51 June 28, 2000 47 39 8 White Missouri 52 June 29, 2000 28 19 9 Hispanic Texas 53 July 6, 2000 39 33 6White Virginia Electrocution 54 July 12, 2000 50 37 13 TexasLethal injection 55 July 20, 2000 39 28 11 Oklahoma 56 July 26, 2000 33 18 15 HispanicTexas 57August 9, 2000 36 22 14 Black 58 33 21 12 Hispanic 59 August 10, 2000 59 46 13 White Oklahoma 60 August 16, 2000 53 32 21 BlackTexas 61 August 22, 2000 40 2515White 62 August 23, 2000 39 24 63 August 25, 2000 30 25 5 Florida 64August 30, 2000 47 39 8 Missouri 65 37 25 12 Black Texas 66 32 7 White Virginia 67 September 13, 2000 41 30 11 Black Missouri 68 September 14, 2000 33 267White Virginia 69 September 27, 2000 43 36 Texas 70 October 10, 2000 29 218 Black Virginia 71 November 1, 2000 27 19 White Texas 72 November 3, 2000 32 20 12 Black South Carolina 73 November 8, 2000 36 27 9 White Arizona 74November 9, 2000 34 2311 Black North Carolina 75 31 20 HispanicTexas 76 November 14, 2000 23 8 Black 77November 15, 2000 48 30 18 White Missouri 78 32 22 10Black Texas 79 November 17, 2000 37 28 9 Delaware 80 December 5, 2000 32 2111WhiteTexas 81December 6, 2000 50 39 82 27 20 7 Black Virginia 83 December 7, 2000 50 36 14 Hispanic Florida 84 60 49 11 White Texas 85 December 19, 2000 37 27 10 Black Arkansas Average: 40 years 27 years 13 years

Demographics Gender Male 83 98% Female 2 2% Ethnicity White 42 49% Black 35 41% Hispanic 6 7% Native American 2 2% State Texas 40 47% Oklahoma 11 13% Virginia 8 9% Florida 6 7% Missouri 5 6% Alabama 4 5% Arizona 3 4% Arkansas 2 2% California 1 1% Delaware 1 1% Louisiana 1 1% North Carolina 1 1% South Carolina 1 1% Tennessee 1 1% Method Lethal injection 80 94% Electrocution 5 6% Month January 12 14% February 6 7% March 9 11% April 3 4% May 9 11% June 13 15% July 4 5% August 10 12% September 3 4% October 1 1% November 9 11% December 6 7% Age 20–29 11 13% 30–39 37 44% 40–49 23 27% 50–59 11 13% 60–69 3 4% Total 85 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 2001 66 2000 85 1999 98 Total 249

See also List of death row inmates in the United States List of most recent executions by jurisdiction List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States List of women executed in the United States since 1976

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