Jersey
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
Capital: Saint Helier
Type of Government: NA-
Administrative Divisions: none (British crown dependency)
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 17.5% (male 8,222/female 7,658)
Agriculture: potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products-
Airports:
With Paved Runways: total: 1-
With Unpaved Runways:
Area: total: 116 sq km.
about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC
Background: The island of Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. These islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.
Birth rate: 9.66 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Budget: revenues: $601 million
Coastline: 70 km-
Climate: temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Communications:
Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Currency: British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Jersey pound-
Current account balance:
Death rate: 9.19 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Debt - external: none
Dependency status: British crown dependency-
Dependent areas:
Diplomatic representation from the US: none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US: none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international: none-
Distribution of family income: -
Economic aid - donor:
Economic aid - recipient: none
Economy - overview: The Channel Island economy is based on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism. In 1996 the finance sector accounted for about 60% of the island's output. 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 income earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EU countries. Tourism accounts for 24% of GDP. 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. Light taxes and death duties make the island a popular tax haven. Living standards come close to those of the UK.-
Electricity - consumption:
Electricity - exports:
Electricity - imports:
Electricity - production:
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Environment - current issues: NA-
Environment - International Agreements:
Ethnic groups: Jersey 51.1%, British 34.8%, Irish, French, and other white 6.6%, Portuguese/Madeiran 6.4%, other 1.1% (2001 census)
Exchange rates: Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.54 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001)
Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Exports: $NA
Exports - partners: UK (2004)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Flag description: white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag; in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield with the three lions of England in yellow
GDP (official exchange rate): NA
GDP (purchasing power parity): $3.6 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5%
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $40,000 (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: NA%
Geographic coordinates: 49 15 N, 2 10 W
Geography - note: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier-
Government - note:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA-
Heliports:
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%-
Illicit drugs:
Imports: $NA
Imports - partners: UK (2004)
Independence: none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Industries: tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Infant mortality rate: total: 5.24 deaths/1,000 live births
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.3% (2004)-
International organization participation:
Internet country code: .je-
Internet hosts:
Internet users: NA-
Investment (gross fixed):
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Judicial branch: Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)
Labor force: 52,790 (2004)-
Labor force - by occupation:
Land boundaries: 0 km
Land use: arable land: 0%
Languages: English 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)
Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch:
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.24 years
Literacy: definition: NA
Location: Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France-
Major infectious diseases: -
Manpower available for military service: -
Manpower fit for military service: -
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
Map references: Europe
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 3 nm
Median age: total: 40.89 years-
Merchant marine:
Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK-
Military branches: -
Military expenditures - dollar figure: -
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: -
Military service age and obligation:
National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality: noun: Channel Islander(s)-
Natural gas - consumption: -
Natural gas - exports: -
Natural gas - imports:
Natural gas - production: -
Natural gas - proved reserves:
Natural hazards: NA
Natural resources: arable land
Net migration rate: 2.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)-
Oil - consumption: -
Oil - exports: -
Oil - imports: -
Oil - production: -
Oil - proved reserves: -
People - note: -
Political parties and leaders: none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders: none
Population: 90,812 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: NA
Population growth rate: 0.32% (2005 est.)
Ports and terminals: Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier-
Public debt: -
Radio broadcast stations: -
Railways: -
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian-
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: -
Roadways:
Sex ratio:
Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult
Telephone system: general assessment: NA
Telephones - main lines in use: 73,900 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 61,400 (2001)
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
Terrain: gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
Total fertility rate: 1.57 children born/woman (2005 est.)-
Transportation - note:
Unemployment rate: 0.9% (2004 est.)-
Waterways: