Synonyms of per capita

per capita

adverb

(ˌ)pər-ˈka-pə-tə 

as in a shot

for each one

we expect the students to receive less funding per capita this year due to a marked increase in the school-age population

Synonyms & Similar Words

• a shot
• each
• per
• a pop
• a throw
• apiece
• all
• separately
• apart
• respectively
• individually
• independently
• singly
• discretely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• together
• collectively
• altogether
• aggregately

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of per capita

This area, which is home to utopian-sounding towns like Thanksgiving Point and American Fork, has more plastic surgeons per capita than Los Angeles, according to a 2017 report published by the Utah Women & Leadership Project. —Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026

Ecologist Barry Commoner’s 1971 empirical study confirmed that postwar environmental damage had stemmed almost entirely from new production methods and rising per capita consumption, not from the growing number of people. —Brian C. Keegan, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026

The familiar claim that Iowa sent more men per capita to serve in the Union cause than any other state is a myth born of an error. —Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026

Caddo Parish secured more death penalty convictions per capita than any other county in the United States between 2010 and 2014, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. —Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026