JERSEY
(British crown dependency)
GEOGRAPHY
Total area: 117 km2; land area: 117 km2

Comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 70 km

Maritime claims:

Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 3 nm

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 NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and
pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; about 58% of land under
cultivation

Environment: about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier

Note: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; 27 km
from France

PEOPLE
Population: 84,331 (July 1991), growth rate 0.8% (1991)

Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 6 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.3 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Channel Islander(s); adjective--Channel Islander
Ethnic divisions: UK and Norman-French descent

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

Language: English and French (official), with the Norman-French
dialect spoken in country districts

Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education
age 5 to 16

Labor force: NA

Organized labor: none

GOVERNMENT
Long-form name: Bailiwick of Jersey

Type: British crown dependency

Capital: Saint Helier

Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency)

Independence: none (British crown dependency)

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

Legal system: English law and local statute

National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

Executive branch: British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff

Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly of the States

Judicial branch: Royal Court

Leaders:

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 Peter CRILL (since
NA)

Political parties and leaders: none; all independents

Suffrage: universal adult at age NA

Elections:

Assembly of the States--last held NA (next to be held NA);
results--percent of vote NA;
seats--(56 total, 52 elected) 52 independents

Communists: probably none

Member of: none

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 EC 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.

GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate 8% (1987 est.)

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

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget: revenues $308.0 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: 50,000 kW standby capacity (1990); power supplied by
France

Industries: tourism, banking and finance, dairy

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

Economic aid: none

Currency: Jersey pound (plural--pounds); 1 Jersey pound (LJ) =
100 pence

Exchange rates: Jersey pounds (LJ) per US$1--0.5171 (January
1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817
(1986), 0.7714 (1985); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

COMMUNICATIONS
Ports: Saint Helier, Gorey, Saint Aubin

Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (Saint
Peter)

Telecommunications: 63,700 telephones; stations--1 AM, no FM, 1
TV; 3 submarine cables

DEFENSE FORCES
Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK



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