The Picard ManeuverM to Cartography [email protected]English • 2 months agoStates by Population Per Capitaimagemessage-square41arrow-up1598arrow-down120
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 months agoShouldn’t it be 1,000? Or have a “numbers listed in thousands” legend?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 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-square@DonjuanmelinkEnglish2•2 months agoI too thought per capita was per 1,000. Is this the Mandela effect?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months 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.