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                                   
                                                                                
