Forty-seven people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2025, thirty-nine by lethal injection, five by nitrogen hypoxia, and three by firing squad. The number of executions in 2025 became the highest number to be carried out in the United States in 16 years.
The state of South Carolina carried out the executions of three inmates by firing squad, marking the first three executions by firing squad since 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed in Utah by firing squad (all three inmates chose the method).
The state of Louisiana conducted its first execution in 15 years since 2010; the person executed, Jessie Hoffman Jr., was additionally the first to be executed by nitrogen gas in Louisiana, which became the second state after Alabama to conduct nitrogen gas executions. Arizona carried out the first executions in a state with a Democratic governor in office since 2017. The state of Mississippi carried out the execution of the state's longest-serving death row inmate Richard Gerald Jordan after he spent 49 years on death row. Edward Zakrzewski II was the ninth person put to death in Florida, marking a post-Furman record year of executions for the state since 2014; while the execution of serial killer Frank A. Walls (the 19th in Florida in 2025) marked the state's overall record for the number of executions in a single year in its history. Furthermore, Walls was also the nation's final execution in 2025.
Christopher Sepulvado and Ralph Menzies, who received March and September execution dates, respectively, died of natural causes at ages 81 and 67 before their executions could be carried out. Sepulvado was scheduled to be executed in Louisiana, and Menzies in Utah. Menzies, as well as David Lee Roberts in Alabama, received stays of execution to allow for competency evaluations. Robin Dion Myers and Tremane Wood received commutations of their death sentences to life without parole from Alabama governor Kay Ivey and Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt respectively in 2025.
List of people executed in the United States in 2025 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 31, 2025 44 20 24MaleBlack South CarolinaLethal injection 2 February 5, 2025 37 24 13 Texas 3 February 6, 2025 52 19 33 Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia 4February 13, 2025 64 36 28White FloridaLethal injection 5 46 25 21 Texas 6 March 7, 2025 67 43 24 South Carolina Firing squad 7 March 18, 2025 46 18 28 Black Louisiana Nitrogen hypoxia 8 March 19, 2025 53 31 22White ArizonaLethal injection 9March 20, 2025 56 37 19 Oklahoma 10 63 32 31Florida 11 April 8, 2025 48 23 25 12 April 11, 2025 42 2121 Black South Carolina Firing squad 13 April 23, 2025 41 20 Hispanic TexasLethal injection 14 April 24, 2025 55 41 14White Alabama 15 May 1, 2025 62 35 27Florida 16 May 15, 2025 33 29 17 May 20, 2025 45 20 25 Indiana 18 49 36 13 Black Texas 19 May 22, 2025 75 39 36White Tennessee 20June 10, 2025 54 23 31 Florida 21 65 28 37 Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia 22 June 12, 2025 61 35 26 Black OklahomaLethal injection 23 June 13, 2025 57 37 20White South Carolina 24 June 24, 2025 51 20 31 Florida 25 June 25, 2025 79 29 50 Mississippi 26 July 15, 2025 54 23 31 BlackFlorida 27 July 31, 2025 60 29 White 28 August 5, 2025 69 32 37 Black Tennessee 29 August 19, 2025 67 24 43Florida 30 August 28, 2025 59 26 33 31 September 17, 2025 63 28 35White 32September 25, 2025 50 21 29 Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia 33 35 18 17 TexasLethal injection 34 September 30, 2025 64 29 35 Black Florida 35 October 10, 2025 53 28 25White Indiana 36October 14, 2025 72 43 29 Florida 37 48 28 20Missouri 38 October 15, 2025 59 26 33 Mississippi 39 October 17, 2025 55 23 32 Arizona 40 October 23, 2025 54 21 33 Black Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia 41 October 28, 2025 65 38 27WhiteFloridaLethal injection 42 November 13, 2025 66 20 46 43 November 14, 2025 44 23 21 South Carolina Firing squad 44 November 20, 2025 63 2637 BlackFloridaLethal injection 45 December 9, 2025 58 21White 46 December 11, 2025 64 27 Tennessee 47 December 18, 2025 58 19 39 Florida Average: 56 years 28 years 28 years
Demographics Gender Male 47 Female 0 Ethnicity White 32 Black 14 Hispanic 1 State Florida 19 Alabama 5 South Carolina 5 Texas 5 Tennessee3 Arizona 2 Indiana 2 Mississippi 2 Oklahoma 2 Louisiana 1 Missouri1 Method Lethal injection 39 Nitrogen hypoxia 5 Firing squad 3 Month January 1 February 4 March 5 April 4 May 5 June 6 July 2 August 3 September 4 October 7 November 3 December 3 Age 30–39 2 40–49 10 50–59 16 60–69 16 70–79 3 Total 47 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 2026 29 2025 47 2024 25 Total 101
See also List of death row inmates in the United States List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
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