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Administrative divisions	none (British crown dependency)
Age structure	0-14 years: 17.9% (male 8,287; female 7,729) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 30,099; female 30,347) 65 years and over: 14.8% (male 5,729; female 7,584) (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products	potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products
Airports	1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
Area	total: 116 sq km land: 116 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about 0.7 times 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	10.86 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget	revenues: $601 million expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.)
Capital	Saint Helier
Climate	temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Coastline	70 km
Constitution	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey conventional short form: Jersey
Currency	British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Jersey pound
Death rate	9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Debt - external	none
Dependency status	British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international	none
Economic aid - recipient	none
Economy - overview	The economy is based largely on international 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 income earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EU countries. In 1996 the finance sector accounted for about 60% of the island's output. Tourism, another mainstay of the economy, 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.
Electricity - imports	NA kWh note: electricity supplied by France
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 143 m
Environment - current issues	NA
Ethnic groups	UK and Norman-French descent
Exchange rates	Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.6981 (January 2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Chief Marshall Sir John CHESHIRE (since 24 January 2001) and Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since NA February 1995) cabinet: committees appointed by the Assembly of the States elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch
Exports	$NA
Exports - commodities	light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles
Exports - partners	UK
Fiscal year	1 April - 31 March
Flag description	white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag and in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield holding the three lions of England in yellow
GDP	purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 5% industry: 2% services: 93% (1996)
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $24,800 (1999 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
Highways	total: 577 km (1995) paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	NA kWh note: electricity supplied by France
Imports	$NA
Imports - commodities	machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners	UK
Independence	none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate	NA%
Industries	tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Infant mortality rate	5.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	4.7% (1998)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	NA
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Judicial branch	Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)
Labor force	57,050 (1996) (1996)
Land boundaries	0 km
Land use	arable land: NEGL% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)
Languages	English (official), French (official), Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system	English law and local statute
Legislative branch	unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12 senators (elected for 6-year terms), 12 constables or heads of parishes (elected for 3-year terms), 29 deputies (elected for 3-year terms); the bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members - the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the Solicitor General all appointed by the monarch elections: last held NA (next to be held NA) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 52
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 78.78 years male: 76.34 years female: 81.4 years (2002 est.)
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Location	Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references	Europe
Maritime claims	exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Merchant marine	none (2002 est.)
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards	NA
Natural resources	arable land
Net migration rate	2.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders	none
Population	89,775 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%
Population growth rate	0.44% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors	Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Radio broadcast stations	AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios	NA
Railways	0 km
Religions	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Suffrage	NA years of age; universal adult
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: 3 submarine cables
Telephones - main lines in use	65,500 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular	4,400 (1997)
Television broadcast stations	2 (1997)
Terrain	gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
Total fertility rate	1.57 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate	0.7% (1998 est.)
Waterways	none

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