The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 month agoStates by Population Per Capitalemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down120
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minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoShouldn’t it be 1,000? Or have a “numbers listed in thousands” legend?
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month 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-up2·1 month agoI too thought per capita was per 1,000. Is this the Mandela effect?
minus-squareTheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.