### Question
How does PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS define relative per capita income?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 10822*, **relative per capita income** is defined as:

> the quotient of the per capita income of the United States and the per capita income of the State, except that if the State is Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, or the Virgin Islands, the quotient shall be considered to be one

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 10822*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 114-PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS > SUBCHAPTER I-PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS > Part B-Administrative Provisions**

