List of people executed in the United States in 2024

Twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2024, three by nitrogen hypoxia and twenty-two by lethal injection.^[1] The first person executed in 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith, became the first person in the United States and in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.^[2] Three states saw their first executions in over a decade. Utah saw its first execution since 2010 in August.^[3][4] South Carolina carried out its first execution since 2011 in September.^[5] Indiana conducted its first execution since 2009 in December.^[6] September 2024 also saw the greatest number of inmates executed within a one-week span since July 2003.^[7]

List of people executed in the United States in 2024

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 25, 2024	Kenneth Eugene Smith	58	22	36	Male	White	Alabama	Nitrogen hypoxia	[8]
2	February 28, 2024	Ivan Abner Cantu	50	27	23		Hispanic	Texas	Lethal injection	[9]
3	March 20, 2024	Willie James Pye	59	28	31		Black	Georgia		[10]
4	April 4, 2024	Michael Dewayne Smith	41	19	22			Oklahoma		[11]
5	April 9, 2024	Brian Joseph Dorsey	52	34	18		White	Missouri		[12]
6	May 30, 2024	Jamie Ray Mills	50	30	20			Alabama		[13]
7	June 11, 2024	David Russell Hosier	69	54	15			Missouri		[14]
8	June 26, 2024	Ramiro Felix Gonzales	41	18	23		Hispanic	Texas		[15]
9	June 27, 2024	Richard Norman Rojem Jr.	66	26	40		White	Oklahoma		[16]
10	July 18, 2024	Keith Edmund Gavin	64	37	27		Black	Alabama		[17]
11	August 7, 2024	Arthur Lee Burton	54	27				Texas		[18]
12	August 8, 2024	Taberon Dave Honie	48	22	26		Native American	Utah		[19]
13	August 29, 2024	Loran Kenstley Cole	57	27	30		White	Florida		[20]
14	September 20, 2024	Freddie Eugene Owens	46	19	27		Black	South Carolina		[21]
15	September 24, 2024	Marcellus Scott Williams	55	29	26			Missouri		[22]
16		Travis James Mullis	38	21	17		White	Texas		[23]
17	September 26, 2024	Emmanuel Antonia Littlejohn	52	20	32		Black	Oklahoma		[24]
18		Alan Eugene Miller	59	34	25		White	Alabama	Nitrogen hypoxia	[25]
19	October 1, 2024	Garcia Glen White	61	26	35		Black	Texas	Lethal injection	[26]
20	October 17, 2024	Derrick Ryan Dearman	36	27	9		White	Alabama		[27]
21	November 1, 2024	Richard Bernard Moore	59	34	25		Black	South Carolina		[28]
22	November 21, 2024	Carey Dale Grayson	50	19	31		White	Alabama	Nitrogen hypoxia	[29]
23	December 3, 2024	Christopher Leroy Collings	49	32	17			Missouri	Lethal injection	[30]
24	December 18, 2024	Joseph Edward Corcoran		22	27			Indiana		[31]
25	December 19, 2024	Kevin Ray Underwood	45	26	19			Oklahoma		[32]
		Average:	52 years	27 years	25 years

Demographics

Gender
Male	25	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	13	52%
Black	9	36%
Hispanic	2	8%
Native American	1	4%
State
Alabama	6	24%
Texas	5	20%
Missouri	4	16%
Oklahoma	4	16%
South Carolina	2	8%
Florida	1	4%
Georgia	1	4%
Indiana	1	4%
Utah	1	4%
Method
Lethal injection	22	88%
Nitrogen hypoxia	3	12%
Month
January	1	4%
February	1	4%
March	1	4%
April	2	8%
May	1	4%
June	3	12%
July	1	4%
August	3	12%
September	5	20%
October	2	8%
November	2	8%
December	3	12%
Age
30–39	2	8%
40–49	7	28%
50–59	12	48%
60–69	4	16%
Total	25	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
2025	27
2024	25
2023	24
Total	76

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 people scheduled to be executed in the United States
• List of women executed in the United States since 1976