Eighteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2022, all by lethal injection.
List of people executed in the United States in 2022 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 27, 2022 46 25 21MaleBlack OklahomaLethal injection 2 44 18 26 Alabama 3 February 17, 2022 35 17White Oklahoma 4 April 21, 2022 78 46 32 Texas 5 May 3, 2022 56 30 26 Missouri 6 May 11, 2022 66 22 44 Native AmericanArizona 7 June 8, 2022 28 38 White 8 July 28, 2022 50 22 28 Black Alabama 9 August 17, 2022 41 25 16 Asian Texas 10 August 25, 2022 50 24 26 White Oklahoma 11 October 5, 2022 38 20 18 Hispanic Texas 12 October 20, 2022 57 37 20White Oklahoma 13 November 9, 2022 61 42 19 Texas 14November 16, 2022 76 35 41 Black Arizona 15 55 37 18White Texas 16 November 17, 2022 63 33 30 Oklahoma 17 November 29, 2022 37 19 18 Black Missouri 18 December 14, 2022 58 35 23 White Mississippi Average: 54 years 29 years 26 years
Demographics Gender Male 18 100% Female 0 0% Ethnicity White 10 56% Black 5 28% Asian 1 6% Hispanic 1 6% Native American 1 6% State Oklahoma 5 28% Texas 5 28% Arizona 3 17% Alabama 2 11% Missouri 2 11% Mississippi 1 6% Method Lethal injection 18 100% Month January 2 11% February 1 6% March 0 0% April 1 6% May 2 11% June 1 6% July 1 6% August 2 11% September 0 0% October 2 11% November 5 28% December 1 6% Age 30–39 3 17% 40–49 3 17% 50–59 6 33% 60–69 4 22% 70–79 2 11% Total 18 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2023 24 2022 18 2021 11 Total 53
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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