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Appropriate tables and figures will be updated
on a six monthly basis and will be accompanied by a short commentary.
| Contents |
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Immigration, 1820-1996 |
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US Unemployment and Inflation,
1960-2000 |
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Persons Below the Poverty Line,
1997 |
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Women in Elective Office, Selected
Years, 1975-1999 (percentages) |
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Percentage Distribution of Federal
Budget Outlays, 1970-1999 |
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Voter Turnout in Presidential
and House Elections, 1930-1998 (percent of voting-age population) |
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Number of House and Senate Subcommittees,
Selected Congresses, 1955-2000 |
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Characteristics of the 104th,
105th, and 106th Congress (1995-2000) |
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Spending, by Type of PAC,
1977-1998 (millions) |
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Executions in America as
of April 1998 |
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|
Year
|
No. (1000's)
|
Ratea
|
|
1820-1989
|
55,458
|
3.4
|
|
1820-1830b
|
152
|
1.2
|
|
1831-1840c
|
599
|
3.9
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1841-1850d
|
1,713
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8.4
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1851-1860d
|
2,596
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9.3
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1861-1870e
|
2,315
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6.4
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1871-1880
|
2,812
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6.2
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1881-1890
|
5,247
|
9.2
|
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1891-1900
|
3,688
|
5.3
|
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1901-1910
|
8,795
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10.4
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1911-1920
|
5,736
|
5.7
|
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1921-1930
|
4,107
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3.5
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1931-1940
|
1,528
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0.4
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1941-1950
|
1,035
|
0.7
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1951-1960
|
2,515
|
1.5
|
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1961-1970
|
3,322
|
1.7
|
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1971-1980f
|
4,493
|
2.1
|
|
1981-1986
|
3,466
|
2.4
|
|
1965
|
297
|
1.5
|
|
1966
|
323
|
1.6
|
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1967
|
362
|
1.8
|
|
1968
|
454
|
2.3
|
|
1969
|
359
|
1.8
|
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1970
|
373
|
1.8
|
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1971
|
370
|
1.8
|
|
1972
|
385
|
1.8
|
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1973
|
400
|
1.9
|
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1974
|
395
|
1.9
|
|
1975
|
386
|
1.8
|
|
1976
|
399
|
1.9
|
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1977
|
462
|
2.1
|
|
1978
|
601
|
2.8
|
|
1979
|
460
|
2.1
|
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1980
|
531
|
2.3
|
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1986
|
602
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2.5
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1987
|
602
|
2.5
|
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1988
|
643
|
2.6
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1989
|
1091
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4.4g
|
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1990
|
1536
|
6.1
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1991
|
1827
|
7.2
|
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1992
|
974
|
3.8
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1993
|
904
|
3.5
|
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1994
|
804
|
3.1
|
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1995
|
720
|
2.7
|
|
1996
|
916
|
3.5
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a Annual rate per 1,000 U.S.
population. Rate computed by dividing sum of annual immigration
totals by sum of annual U.S. population totals for the smae
number of years.
b Oct. 1, 1819-Sept. 30, 1830.
c Oct. 1, 1830-Dec. 1, 1840.
d Calendar years.
e Jan. 1, 1861-June 30, 1870.
f Includes transition quarter, July 1 to Sept. 30, 1976.
g Includes persons granted residence under the "amnesty"
program of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.
SOURCE: Statistical Abstract of the USA, 1996, table
5, updated from 1998 ed., table 5.
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US
Employment and Inflation, 1960-2000
|
| |
Annual percentage change in the consumer price
index |
Unemployment (percentage of total civilian
workforce) |
|
1960
|
1.6
|
5.5
|
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1965
|
1.7
|
4.5
|
|
1970
|
5.9
|
5.0
|
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1975
|
9.1
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8.3
|
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1980
|
13.5
|
7.2
|
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1982
|
6.1
|
9.7
|
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1984
|
4.3
|
7.5
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1986
|
2.0
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7.0
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1988
|
4.4
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5.5
|
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1989
|
4.6
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5.3
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1990
|
6.1
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5.5
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1991
|
3.1
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6.7
|
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1992
|
2.9
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7.4
|
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1993
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3.0
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6.8
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1994
|
2.7
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6.1
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1995
|
2.7
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5.8
|
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1996
|
1.9
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5.3
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1997
|
1.9
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4.8
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1998
|
1.0
|
4.6
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1999
|
1.8
|
5.0
|
|
2000
|
2.7
(Jan-Mar)
|
4.1
(Feb)
|
| Source: Economic Report of the
President, 1999, updated from The Economist, 1 April 2000. |
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Persons
Below the Poverty Line, 1997
|
|
Group
|
Percentage of
group that is poor
|
Group as a
percentage of all
poor people
|
| Race/ethnicity |
|
White
|
11.0
|
68.6
|
|
White
(not of Hispanic origin)
|
8.6
|
46.4
|
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Black
|
26.5
|
25.6
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|
Hispanic origina
|
27.1
|
23.4
|
| Family Status |
|
Female householder, no husband present
|
|
|
White
|
30.7
|
20.5
|
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Black
|
42.8
|
15.9
|
|
Hispanica
|
50.9
|
8.2
|
| All other families |
|
|
|
White
|
6.2
|
28.0
|
|
Black
|
11.0
|
4.9
|
|
Hispanica
|
19.7
|
12.1
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| Age |
|
|
|
Under 18
|
19.9
|
39.7
|
|
65 or over
|
10.5
|
9.5
|
| Dwelling |
|
|
|
Metropolitan
residents
|
12.6
|
76.7
|
|
Nonmetropolitan
residents
|
15.9
|
23.3
|
| Region |
|
|
|
Northeast
|
12.6
|
18.2
|
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Midwest
|
10.4
|
18.3
|
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South
|
14.6
|
38.6
|
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West
|
14.6
|
24.9
|
| All persons |
13.3
|
100.0
|
|
a Persons
of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for additional
years can be found in previous editions of Vital Statistics
on American Politics.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Poverty
in the United States: 1997 (Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1998), vii, Table C-1.
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Women
in elective office, selected years, 1975-1999 (percentages)
|
| Elected officeholders |
1975
|
1981
|
1987
|
1991
|
1999
|
| Members of Congressa
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
12.5
|
| State-wide elected officialsb |
10
|
11
|
15
|
18
|
n.a.
|
| State legislators |
8
|
12
|
16
|
18
|
21.4
|
| a Includes the US House
of Representatives and the US Senate. Includes one non-voting
delegate to the House from the District of Columbia elected
in 1990. |
| b Does not include officials
in appointed state cabinet-level positions, officials elected
to executive posts by state legislators, members of judicial
branch, or elected members of university boards of trustees
or boards of education. |
| Source:
Official statistics reproduced from Paula Ries and Anne J. Stone,
The American Woman, 1992-93 Status Report (New
York: Norton 1992), updated from Harold W. Stanley and Richard
G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics, 1999-2000
(Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2000), various
tables |
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Percentage
Distribution of Federal Budget Outlays, 1970-1999
|
|
|
Amount
in
1982
Dollars
(billions)
|
Total
%
|
Defense
|
Payments
to
Individuals
|
Net
Interest
|
Aid to State & Local
Governments
|
Other
|
|
1970
|
509.4
|
100
|
44.3
|
29.9
|
6.8
|
12.0
|
7.0
|
|
1975
|
586.0
|
100
|
27.3
|
45.4
|
6.9
|
14.8
|
6.6
|
|
1980
|
699.1
|
100
|
23.5
|
46.4
|
8.9
|
15.1
|
7.1
|
|
1985
|
849.6
|
100
|
27.1
|
44.7
|
13.7
|
11.1
|
3.1
|
|
1990
|
912.2
|
100
|
26.4
|
46.8
|
14.6
|
10.7
|
1.5
|
|
1996
|
1,612.0
|
100
|
16.3
|
55.1
|
15.9
|
10.8
|
1.8
|
|
1999a
|
1,733.0
|
100
|
15.0
|
56.5
|
14.0
|
11.5
|
3.0
|
a Estimated.
SOURCE: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1996,
table 5.14, updated from Economic Report of the President
1999.
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Voter
turnout in Presidential and House elections, 1930-1998 (per
cent of voting-age population)
|
| |
Presidential elections
|
House elections
|
| 1930 |
-
|
33.7
|
| 1932 |
52.4
|
49.7
|
| 1934 |
-
|
41.4
|
| 1936 |
56.9
|
53.5
|
| 1938 |
-
|
44.0
|
| 1940 |
58.9
|
55.4
|
| 1942 |
-
|
32.5
|
| 1944 |
56.0
|
52.7
|
| 1946 |
-
|
37.1
|
| 1948 |
51.1
|
48.1
|
| 1950 |
-
|
41.1
|
| 1952 |
61.6
|
57.6
|
| 1954 |
-
|
41.7
|
| 1956 |
59.3
|
55.9
|
| 1958 |
-
|
43.0
|
| 1960 |
62.6
|
58.5
|
| 1962 |
-
|
45.4
|
| 1964 |
61.9
|
57.8
|
| 1966 |
-
|
45.4
|
| 1968 |
60.9
|
55.1
|
| 1970 |
-
|
43.5
|
| 1972 |
55.4
|
50.9
|
| 1974 |
-
|
36.1
|
| 1976 |
54.4
|
49.5
|
| 1978 |
-
|
35.1
|
| 1980 |
53.4
|
48.1
|
| 1982 |
-
|
37.7
|
| 1984 |
53.3
|
47.4
|
| 1986 |
-
|
33.4
|
| 1988 |
50.1
|
44.7
|
| 1990 |
-
|
33.0
|
| 1992 |
55.2
|
50.8
|
| 1994 |
-
|
36.0
|
| 1996 |
48.4
|
47.0
|
| 1998 |
-
|
38.0
|
| 2000 |
|
|
| Source: Norman J. Ornstein,
Thomas E. Mann, Michael J. Malbin, Allen Schick and John F.
Bibby, Vital Statistics on Congress, 1991-2 edn (Washington,
DC: American Enterprise Institute), table 2.1. Data for 1998
from http://cnn.com/allpolitics |
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Number
of House and Senate Subcommittees, Selected Congresses, 1955-2000
|
| |
84th
(1955-1956) |
90th
(1967-1968) |
94th
(1975-1976) |
100th
(1987-1988) |
106th
(1995-1996) |
| House |
|
|
|
|
|
| subcommittees |
99
|
154
|
172
|
160
|
37
|
| Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
| subcommittees |
105
|
126
|
174
|
93
|
68
|
| SOURCE: Vital statistics 1993-1994:
Congressional Quarterly's Players, Politics, and Turf of the
104th Congress, special issue of Congressional Quarterly, March
25, 1995. Updated from Library of Congress web site: http://lcweb.gov/global/legislative/congress.html |
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Characteristics
of the 104th, 105th, and 106th Congress (1995-2000)
|
| |
104th
|
105th
|
106th
|
| House |
|
|
|
|
Democrats
|
197
|
206
|
211
|
|
Republicans
|
235
|
228
|
223
|
|
Independents/vacant
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
Women
|
48
|
49
|
56
|
|
Men
|
385
|
386
|
379
|
|
Blacks
|
38
|
37
|
35
|
|
Hispanics
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
|
Asian/Pacific Islander
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| Senate |
|
|
|
|
Democrats
|
47
|
45
|
45
|
|
Republicans
|
53
|
55
|
55
|
|
Women
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
|
Blacks
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Hispanics
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Asian/Pacific Islander
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Native American
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| SOURCE: Library of Congress web
pages. http://lcweb.gov/global/legislative/congress.html |
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Spending,
by Type of PAC, 1977-1998 (millions)
|
|
Election
Cycle
|
Corporate
|
Labor
|
Trade
Membership/
Health
|
Non-
Connected
|
Other
Connecteda
|
Total
|
| 1977-1978 |
$15.2
|
$18.6
|
$23.8
|
$17.4
|
$2.4
|
$77.4
|
| 1979-1980 |
31.4
|
25.1
|
32.0
|
38.6
|
4.0
|
131.2
|
| 1981-1982 |
43.3
|
34.8
|
41.9
|
64.3
|
5.8
|
190.2
|
| 1983-1984 |
59.2
|
47.5
|
54.0
|
97.4
|
8.7
|
266.8
|
| 1985-1986 |
79.3
|
57.9
|
73.3
|
118.4
|
11.1
|
340.0
|
| 1987-1988 |
89.9
|
74.1
|
83.7
|
104.9
|
11.7
|
364.2
|
| 1989-1990 |
101.1
|
84.6
|
88.1
|
71.4
|
12.5
|
357.6
|
| 1991-1992 |
112.4
|
94.6
|
97.5
|
76.2
|
14.1
|
394.8
|
| 1993-1994 |
116.8
|
88.4
|
94.1
|
75.1
|
13.7
|
388.1
|
| 1995-1996 |
130.6
|
99.8
|
105.4
|
81.3
|
12.9
|
429.9
|
| 1997-1998 |
137.6
|
98.2
|
114.4
|
107.8
|
12.9
|
470.8
|
|
Note: Figures are in current dollars. Expenditures
exclude transfers of funds between affiliated committees for
1975-1984. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.
a This category combines the FEC categories of
cooperatives and corporations without stock.
Source: Vital Statistics on American Politics, 1999-2000,
Table 2.13, P. 100.
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Executions
in America as of April 1998
|
|
Death Row Inmates by Jurisidication
|
| California |
504
|
|
Arkansas |
39 |
| Texas |
425
|
|
Kentucky |
29 |
| Florida |
368
|
|
Oregon |
23 |
| Pennslylvania |
216
|
|
Idaho |
19 |
| North Carolina |
199
|
|
Washington State |
19 |
| Ohio |
180
|
|
U.S. government |
18 |
| Alabama |
163
|
|
Maryland |
17 |
| Illinois |
156
|
|
Delaware |
17 |
| Oklahoma |
127
|
|
New Jersey |
15 |
| Arizona |
121
|
|
Utah |
11 |
| Georgia |
119
|
|
Nebraska |
11 |
| Tennessee |
96
|
|
U.S. military |
8 |
| Nevada |
92
|
|
Montana |
6 |
| Missouri |
87
|
|
Connecticut |
5 |
| South Carolina |
73
|
|
Colorado |
4 |
| Louisiana |
72
|
|
New Mexico |
4 |
| Mississippi |
60
|
|
South Dakota |
2 |
| Virginia |
46
|
|
Kansas |
1 |
| Indiana |
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
Executions by State Since 1976
|
| Texas |
152
|
|
Nevada |
6 |
| Virginia |
50
|
|
Utah |
5 |
| Florida |
43
|
|
California |
4 |
| Missouri |
32
|
|
Mississippi |
4 |
| Louisiana |
24
|
|
Nebraska |
3 |
| Georgia |
22
|
|
Maryland |
2 |
| Alabama |
17
|
|
Pennsylvania |
2 |
| Arkansas |
16
|
|
Washington |
2 |
| South Carolina |
14
|
|
Oregon |
2 |
| Illinois |
11
|
|
Montana |
2 |
| Arizona |
11
|
|
Kentucky |
1 |
| Oklahoma |
10
|
|
Wyoming |
1 |
| North Carolina |
9
|
|
Idaho |
1 |
| Delaware |
8
|
|
Colorado |
1 |
| Indiana |
6
|
|
|
|
| SOURCE: Death Penalty Information
Center, as reproduced in Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1998, p.
A7 |
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