per capita

adverb

(ˌ)pər-ˈka-pə-tə How to pronounce per capita (audio)
Definition of per capitanext
as in a shot
for each one we expect the students to receive less funding per capita this year due to a marked increase in the school-age population

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Recent Examples of per capita According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, there are more surveillance cameras in Atlanta, per capita, than anywhere outside of China—more than sixty thousand of them. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 El Salvador per capital GDP in USD, as a percentage of US per capita GDP. — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Campbell had the highest per capita crime rate with 4,980 per 100,000 people. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Although the state ranks nineteenth for losses per capita at $3,719,931, the total loss could have supported 20,774 students through a four-year college education. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Thanks to China’s policy of allowing in travelers visa free from a growing number of countries, including in Europe, visitors from economies with far higher per capita income than China’s are coming. — Matthew Tan,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 That is more than twice the rate of fatal overdoses per capita in New York City the same year. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 The report compared cost to access and outcomes, including factors like monthly insurance premiums, emergency room wait times, nurses per capita, telehealth services, life expectancy, maternal mortality, child vaccination rates and more. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Household wealth per capita is growing in most countries, but largely not keeping pace with GDP, which the institute attributed to slowing real-estate values, as real estate is the largest component of household wealth in most economies. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026
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  • There were two separate parties with some 30 friends and family at each.
    — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Kendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist each earned five nominations.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
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