_#_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 (5J) =
100 pence
_#_Exchange rates: Jersey pounds (5J) 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
_%_
_@_Johnston Atoll
(territory of the US)
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 2.8 km2; land area: 2.8 km2
_#_Comparative area: about 4.7 times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 10 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth);
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;