as of september 30, 2009, 84 people, including 82 males and 2 females, were on death row for committing violent crimes. the death row population constituted .2% of louisiana's incarcerated offenders. of the death row offenders, 64.6% were black, 34.1% were white, and 1.3% were other. the average age of a death row offender was 38.5 years, and the average age of conviction was 27.6 years.