This map of the United States shows how many years have passed since each state’s most recent execution. A small number of states, including Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma, have carried out executions in the past few years and appear in the most recent category. Several others, such as Louisiana and Mississippi, have resumed executions after long gaps and also fall into this group. Many states have not carried out executions in ten or more years, indicating that the death penalty has become dormant in practice. Others, including most abolitionist states, have no modern executions or have never used the death penalty. The map highlights how the use of capital punishment is now concentrated in a small number of states.