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we expect the students to receive less funding per capita this year due to a marked increase in the school-age population
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Recent Examples of per capita
However, water availability per capita has plummeted from 2,526 cubic meters per year in 1947 to less than 600 today.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
However, the far smaller Jewish community is proportionately much more impacted –- with 2,873 incidents, the Jewish community experienced more than eight times as many episodes per capita.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
In addition, Vermont has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per capita and the third-lowest methane emissions.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
For the average homeowner, the tax starts at roughly $330 per year and includes automatic annual increases tied to inflation using the greater Bay Area CPI or California per capita income growth index.
—James Porter, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
However, the far smaller Jewish community is proportionately much more impacted –- with 2,873 incidents, the Jewish community experienced more than eight times as many episodes per capita.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
In addition, Vermont has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per capita and the third-lowest methane emissions.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
For the average homeowner, the tax starts at roughly $330 per year and includes automatic annual increases tied to inflation using the greater Bay Area CPI or California per capita income growth index.
—James Porter, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
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His six Opening Day starts are twice more than any other pitcher in franchise history (Josh Beckett and Josh Johnson each did it three times).—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Meta and Google, whose profit mainly comes from digital advertising; Amazon, the largest online retailer and cloud-computing provider; and Microsoft, the biggest seller of business software, are each dominant in their industries and have ample cash cushions.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Per capita.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/per%20capita. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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