How to Use per capita in a Sentence

per capita

adverb or adjective
  • The per capita rate of creepy smiles here is off the freakin’ charts.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The country has more saunas per capita than any other in the world.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Look at mortgages owed on a per capita basis.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The city ranks low compared to other large cities in grant awards per capita.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • That amounts to an increase of about a $50 per capita, not a cut.
    — Vance Ginn, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Even with job cuts, the force remains one of the largest in the nation per capita.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The city even boasts the second-most kitchen supply stores per capita.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Museums and spas per capita are high.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Haiti has the highest per capita kidnapping rate in the world.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • There are now more child amputees per capita in Gaza than anywhere else in the world.
    — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In terms of residents charged per capita, a few of the closest areas lead.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The Marina had the largest per capita rate of these tickets last year.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The small island nation produces more films per capita than anywhere in the world.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The state has the most aerospace employees per capita in the nation.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the states that have higher-than-average per capita rates are in the South.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The tracking project ranks that 48th in the country for new cases per capita.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Hialeah, Florida, had the fewest number of dog parks per capita.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • On a per capita basis, Nevada is the leader.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Utah is among the driest states in the country but uses the second-most water per capita.
    — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Despite this, the rate of death per capita from melanoma has remained unchanged over the last 40 years.
    — Enrique Torchia, Fortune Well, 20 Aug. 2023
  • In Texas, slow payments are $2,356 per capita.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The city also boasts one of the highest numbers of restaurants per capita in the country.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Japan has the most vending machines per capita in the world and thousands of earthquakes every year.
    — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2023
  • The United States is also widening its lead in per capita wealth.
    — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Gaza has the highest number of children amputees per capita of the entire world.
    — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The state still owes more than $33 billion, one of the largest burdens, per capita, in the nation.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
  • Cape Verde feels like a country where there are more musicians per capita than most anywhere else.
    — Ricci Shryock, NPR, 27 May 2026
  • It's also said to have more restaurants per capita than New York City.
    — Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Even in Wisconsin, one of the largest dairy states per capita, the least milk goes to making butter.
    — Noah Lederman, Bon Appétit, 9 June 2022
  • Sardinia has one of the largest carbon footprints per capita in Europe.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026

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