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Expand Up @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ Memory Usage

.. _categorical.memory:

The memory usage of a ``Categorical`` is proportional to the number of categories times the length of the data. In contrast,
The memory usage of a ``Categorical`` is proportional to the number of categories plus the length of the data. In contrast,
an ``object`` dtype is a constant times the length of the data.

.. ipython:: python
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