per capita income

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per capita income - the total national income divided by the number of people in the nation

income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

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A list of countries in these regions that saw at least a reasonable amount of economic growth from 1990 to 2010 contains some whose per-capita income grew faster than that of the United States over the period--the Asian "tigers" of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan--as well as some whose income grew in absolute terms, but not faster than U.

Poor is poor and middle is middle, and never the twain shall go any higher

It appears that when Americans believe their per-capita income is growing, there are relatively few negative feelings toward recent immigrants.

America's love-hate relationship with immigrants: one college president questions the renewed animosity toward this group

Latin America per-capita income fell to 11% between 1980 and 1999 after growing by 79% between 1960 and 1979.

Choosing sides: liberal economics is not making the headway it should, and that's good politics for Latin America's left

The international community looks at per-capita income, and says, 'These guys are rich, and they live in paradise.