The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 months agoStates by Population Per Capitalemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1575
arrow-up1575imageStates by Population Per Capitalemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareTheAlbatrosslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months 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-up2·4 months agoI too thought per capita was per 1,000. Is this the Mandela effect?
minus-squareTheAlbatrosslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoLooking into it a bit, it seems like it’s just a fairly common misuse of the term.
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.