How do I Calculate a Per Capita of 10,000?

Use 10,000 in the denominator of a per capita calculation.

Per capita means the rate of something per person. So if there are 10,000 people then you will need a variable that applies to the 10,000, such as the income per capita. Income per capita will show the amount of income made per person on average. Other times you will see per capital with figures such as gross domestic product and cost per capita. The per capita calculation is popular in economics and in finance to show averages over a group of people.

Instructions

1. Determine what you want to find the per capita of. For example, a person wants to find the income per capita of 10,000 people that made $100,000,000.

2. Write out the per capita formula. The variable from Step 1 is the numerator and the 10,000 will be the denominator. In our example, you would write $100,000,000 divided by 10,000.

3. Solve the formula and then check your work. In the example, $100,000,000 divided by 10,000 equals an income per capita of $10,000.

References

• Investopedia: Per Capita Definition