I agree, you definitely don't understand it. Who do you think are the statisticians here, anti-education neckbeards?
Conservatives routinely not just avoid per capita figures, they're in denial of them. New York City is the most dangerous place in America, don't you know, because it's the biggest city. They forget New York City has a population that exceeds the populations of 39 US states, and per capita is the safest big city in America. It's even safer than London. And the way things have been going, London won't be the last stop in Europe where NYC surpasses cities in safety. Per capita.
I don't get it, hasn't the last decade been proof of what Europeans have been saying about Americans since there were Americans, none of it good? Hasn't what's happened since 2016 been a big-I-told-you-so for all the negative stereotypes you guys have of us? Hasn't it turned out after all this time that yes, you were right? Wasn't the only thing missing in the standard issue [blank] American uniform the MAGA hat?
It's like Fundamentalist Christian Conservatives with the only lines in the Bible they remember being John 3:16 I have Leviticus 20:13. The single only statistic on Earth Conservatives remember are that 51% of homicides are committed by 13% of the population. And I mean that quite literally. That's it. Earning a degree in stats down South consists of simply learning just that one single figure.