This is a fact sheet about the death penalty. It gives how many states have the death penalty, and how many states do not have the severe form of punishment. According to the fact sheet, the number of executions total as of 2011 is 1,273 in the states that have capital punishment and there are a total of 3,251 inmates on death row awaiting execution. The state with the most amount of death row inmates is California with 721 inmates and the states with the least amount of death row inmates are Wyoming and New Hampshire, each with 1 inmate.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf
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