per capita
adverb or adjective
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Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 May 2024
The financial services firm found California ranks 37th in the quality of state and local services and last in the country in per capita tax burden.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 29 May 2024
From 1992 to 2022, the per capita rate of reporting daily or near-daily marijuana use increased 15-fold.
—Carla K. Johnson, The Denver Post, 25 May 2024
Baltimore received a fifth as many pills per capita as some areas, Drug Enforcement Administration records show.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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“Per capita.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per%20capita. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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per capita
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Note: Per capita distribution of an estate provides each descendant with an equal share of the estate's assets regardless of the degree of his or her kinship. Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc., all receive equal shares.
Medieval Latin, by heads
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