The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 17 hours agoStates by Population Per Capitalemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1444
arrow-up1444imageStates by Population Per Capitalemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareTheAlbatrosslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-216 hours agoShouldn’t it be 1,000? Or have a “numbers listed in thousands” legend?
minus-squareTheAlbatrosslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-213 hours ago“Per capita” means per thousand people Whoops I’m wrong it just means per person! I guess I’ve seen it so commonly used in the per thousand way
minus-squareDonjuanme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoI too thought per capita was per 1,000. Is this the Mandela effect?
minus-squareTheAlbatrosslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoLooking into it a bit, it seems like it’s just a fairly common misuse of the term.
Shouldn’t it be 1,000? Or have a “numbers listed in thousands” legend?
Why?
“Per capita” means per thousand peopleWhoops I’m wrong it just means per person! I guess I’ve seen it so commonly used in the per thousand way
I too thought per capita was per 1,000. Is this the Mandela effect?
Looking into it a bit, it seems like it’s just a fairly common misuse of the term.