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JERSEY

 (British crown dependency) 

@Jersey:Geography

 Location: Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of
 France

 Map references: Europe

 Area:
 total area: 117 sq km
 land area: 117 sq km
 comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 70 km

 Maritime claims:
 exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
 territorial sea: 3 nm

 International disputes: none

 Climate: temperate; mild winters and cool summers

 Terrain: gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast

 Natural resources: agricultural land

 Land use:
 arable land: 57%
 permanent crops: NA%
 meadows and pastures: NA%
 forest and woodland: NA%
 other: NA%

 Irrigated land: NA sq km

 Environment:
 current issues: NA
 natural hazards: NA
 international agreements: NA

 Note: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of
 population concentrated in Saint Helier

@Jersey:People

 Population: 86,649 (July 1995 est.)

 Age structure:
 0-14 years: 17% (female 7,029; male 7,450)
 15-64 years: 69% (female 30,156; male 29,916)
 65 years and over: 14% (female 7,202; male 4,896) (July 1995 est.)

 Population growth rate: 0.7% (1995 est.)

 Birth rate: 12.83 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

 Death rate: 9.97 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

 Net migration rate: 4.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

 Infant mortality rate: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

 Life expectancy at birth:
 total population: 76.9 years
 male: 73.81 years
 female: 80.32 years (1995 est.)

 Total fertility rate: 1.44 children born/woman (1995 est.)

 Nationality:
 noun: Channel Islander(s)
 adjective: Channel Islander

 Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent

 Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New
 Church, Methodist, Presbyterian

 Languages: English (official), French (official), Norman-French
 dialect spoken in country districts

 Literacy: NA%

 Labor force: NA

@Jersey:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
 conventional short form: Jersey

 Digraph: JE

 Type: British crown dependency

 Capital: Saint Helier

 Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)

 Independence: none (British crown dependency)

 National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

 Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
 practice

 Legal system: English law and local statute

 Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult

 Executive branch:
 Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
 Head of Government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air
 Marshal Sir John SUTTON (since NA 1990); Bailiff Sir Peter L. CRILL
 (since NA)
 cabinet: committees; appointed by the States

 Legislative branch: unicameral
 Assembly of the States: elections last held NA (next to be held NA);
 results - no percent of vote by party since all are independents;
 seats - (56 total, 52 elected) 52 independents

 Judicial branch: Royal Court

 Political parties and leaders: none; all independents

 Member of: none

 Diplomatic representation in US: none (British crown dependency)

 US diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)

 Flag: white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint
 of Ireland) extending to the corners of the flag

Economy

 Overview: The economy is based largely on financial services,
 agriculture, and tourism. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and
 especially flowers are important export crops, shipped mostly to the
 UK. The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents
 an important export earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EU
 countries. In 1986 the finance sector overtook tourism as the main
 contributor to GDP, accounting for 40% of the island's output. In
 recent years the government has encouraged light industry to locate in
 Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed
 alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material
 and energy requirements are imported, as well as a large share of
 Jersey's food needs.

 National product: GDP $NA

 National product real growth rate: 8% (1987 est.)

 National product per capita: $NA

 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8% (1988 est.)

 Unemployment rate: NA%

 Budget:
 revenues: $308 million
 expenditures: $284.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
 (1985)

 Exports: $NA
 commodities: light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs,
 textiles
 partners: UK

 Imports: $NA
 commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods,
 foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals
 partners: UK

 External debt: $NA

 Industrial production: growth rate NA%

 Electricity:
 capacity: 50,000 kW standby
 production: power supplied by France
 consumption per capita: NA kWh (1992)

 Industries: tourism, banking and finance, dairy

 Agriculture: potatoes, cauliflowers, tomatoes; dairy and cattle
 farming

 Economic aid: none

 Currency: 1 Jersey pound (#J) = 100 pence

 Exchange rates: Jersey pounds (#J) per US$1 - 0.6250 (January 1995),
 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603
 (1990); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound

 Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

@Jersey:Transportation

 Railroads: 0 km

 Highways:
 total: NA
 paved: NA
 unpaved: NA

 Ports: Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier

 Merchant marine: none

 Airports:
 total: 1
 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

@Jersey:Communications

 Telephone system: 63,700 telephones
 local: NA
 intercity: NA
 international: 3 submarine cables

 Radio:
 broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
 radios: NA

 Television:
 broadcast stations: 1
 televisions: NA

@Jersey:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK


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