diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-coverage.vue b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-coverage.vue
index fed9f0a3c..6936aa2f2 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-coverage.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-coverage.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script setup>
 import { dataUrl, glFor, exposeMap, whenGeojsonDrawn } from '../utils/pplrData.js'
 import { usePplrT } from '../composables/usePplrT.js'
+import { formatCount } from '@map/utils/formatCount.js'   // counts stay fixed en-US: numerals are held for the Driver
 import { tStatic } from '@map/i18n/index.js'
 /**
  * pplr-coverage.vue — Country choropleth: avg # of locales filled per PG in that country.
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
         new (glFor(map.value)).Popup({ maxWidth: '320px' })
           .setLngLat(f.geometry.coordinates).setHTML(popupForPG(f.properties)).addTo(map.value)
       })
-      status.value = t('pplr.status.readyCoverage', { countries: countryStats.size, rows: [...countryStats.values()].reduce((n, c) => n + c.pgCount, 0).toLocaleString('en-US') })
+      status.value = t('pplr.status.readyCoverage', { countries: countryStats.size, rows: formatCount([...countryStats.values()].reduce((n, c) => n + c.pgCount, 0)) })
       // keep the LoadingGlobe up until the pins are actually drawn, not merely added
       await whenGeojsonDrawn(map.value)
       dataReady.value = true
diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-pins.vue b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-pins.vue
index a62fd0dfc..62dcaa18b 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-pins.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-pins.vue
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { inject, onMounted, onBeforeUnmount, ref } from 'vue'
 import { glFor, exposeMap, whenGeojsonDrawn } from '../utils/pplrData.js'
 import { usePplrT } from '../composables/usePplrT.js'
+import { formatCount } from '@map/utils/formatCount.js'   // counts stay fixed en-US: numerals are held for the Driver
 import { tStatic } from '@map/i18n/index.js'
 import { useMapInstance } from '@map/composables/useMapInstance.js'
 import { addCountryPolygons, addPGPoints, popupForPG, POPUP_CSS } from '../utils/pplrMap.js'
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
           .setHTML(popupForPG(f.properties))
           .addTo(map.value)
       })
-      status.value = t('pplr.status.readyPins', { pins: fc.features.length.toLocaleString('en-US') })
+      status.value = t('pplr.status.readyPins', { pins: formatCount(fc.features.length) })
       // keep the LoadingGlobe up until the pins are actually drawn, not merely added
       await whenGeojsonDrawn(map.value)
       dataReady.value = true