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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

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Recent Examples of per capita This represents a per capita loss of $5,612 by 2028 and $34,369 by 2035. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025 New Mexico also has the seventh-highest percentage of federal jobs and the fifth-most national parks per capita. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025 Especially lacking are primary care physicians – particularly in rural areas, where there are one-third as many physicians per capita as in urban areas. Patrick Aguilar, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025 Between its independence in 1960 and 2020, GDP per capita plunged 45%, according to the World Bank. CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for per capita
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  • California would drop two seats and Illinois and New York would each lose one.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The House and Senate each passed the BBB by razor thin margins with most votes on party lines.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025

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