PER CAPITA Definition & Meaning

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per capita

[ per kap-i-tuh ]

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adjective

by or for each individual person:
income per capita.
Law. noting or pertaining to a method of dividing an estate by which all those equally related to the decedent take equal shares individually without regard to the number of lines of descent. Compare per stirpes.

per capita

/ pə ˈkæpɪtə /

adjective

of or for each person

per capita

A Latin phrase literally meaning “by heads,” and translated as “for each person.” It is a common unit for expressing data in statistics . A country's per capita personal income , for example, is the average personal income per person.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of per capita¹

1675–85; < Latin: literally, by heads

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of per capita¹

Latin, literally: according to heads

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One is a per capita maximum on federal Medicaid funding for the states, which would mean capping the amount the federal government will spend per beneficiary in each state.

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Republicans could also institute a per capita cap on federal funding for Medicaid.

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GDP per capita figures are published about six weeks after the end of each quarter.

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Northern Ireland has the lowest per capita spend on active travel compared to the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

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To try and address this, the ONS also publishes a figure for GDP per capita - or head of population - which can tell a different story.

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