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 Jersey (2005)Arctic Ocean (2005)
 JerseyArctic Ocean
Administrative divisions none (British crown dependency) -
Age structure 0-14 years: 17.5% (male 8,222/female 7,658)


15-64 years: 67% (male 30,296/female 30,561)


65 years and over: 15.5% (male 6,176/female 7,899) (2005 est.)		 -
Agriculture - products potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products -
Airports 1 (2004 est.) -
Airports - with paved runways total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)		 -
Area total: 116 sq km


land: 116 sq km


water: 0 sq km		 total: 14.056 million sq km


note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies
Area - comparative about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
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. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the recently delimited Southern Ocean). The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are two important seasonal waterways. A sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes circumscribes the Arctic Ocean.
Birth rate 9.66 births/1,000 population (2005 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 polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow
Coastline 70 km 45,389 km
Constitution unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice -
Country name conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey


conventional short form: Jersey		 -
Death rate 9.19 deaths/1,000 population (2005 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 some maritime disputes (see littoral states)
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. Economic activity is limited to the exploitation of natural resources, including petroleum, natural gas, fish, and seals.
Electricity - consumption 630.1 million kWh (2004 est.) -
Electricity - imports NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by France -
Elevation extremes lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location 143 m		 lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m


highest point: sea level 0 m
Environment - current issues NA endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack
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 - 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001), 0.6609 (2000)


note: 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; in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield with the three lions of England in yellow -
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: 5%


industry: 2%


services: 93% (1996)		 -
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $40,000 (2003 est.) -
GDP - real growth rate NA% -
Geographic coordinates 49 15 N, 2 10 W 90 00 N, 0 00 E
Geography - note largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea (northern access to the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait); strategic location between North America and Russia; shortest marine link between the extremes of eastern and western Russia; floating research stations operated by the US and Russia; maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean; snow cover lasts about 10 months
Highways total: 577 km


paved: NA km


unpaved: NA km		 -
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%		 -
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 total: 5.24 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)		 -
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 5.3% (2004) -
Irrigated land NA sq km -
Judicial branch Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff) -
Labor force 52,790 (2004) -
Land boundaries 0 km -
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2001)		 -
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 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 53		 -
Life expectancy at birth total population: 79.24 years


male: 76.77 years


female: 81.91 years (2005 est.)		 -
Literacy definition: NA


total population: NA%


male: NA%


female: NA%		 -
Location Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle
Map references Europe Arctic Region
Maritime claims territorial sea: 3 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm		 -
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 ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually ice locked from October to June; ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May
Natural resources arable land sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales)
Net migration rate 2.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) -
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 harbors Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
Radio broadcast stations AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) -
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: 0.78 male(s)/female


total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005 est.)		 -
Suffrage NA years of age; universal adult -
Telephone system general assessment: NA


domestic: NA


international: 3 submarine cables		 -
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 central surface covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack that, on average, is about 3 meters thick, although pressure ridges may be three times that thickness; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream, but nearly straight-line movement from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland); the icepack is surrounded by open seas during the summer, but more than doubles in size during the winter and extends to the encircling landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with the remainder a central basin interrupted by three submarine ridges (Alpha Cordillera, Nansen Cordillera, and Lomonosov Ridge)
Total fertility rate 1.57 children born/woman (2005 est.) -
Transportation - note - sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways
Unemployment rate 0.9% (2004 est.) -
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