Cayman Islands Information

Composition:
Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman

Location:
Grand Cayman - Western Caribbean, about 150 miles south of Cuba, 480 miles southwest of Miami, 180 miles northwest of Jamaica
Cayman Brac - 89 miles northeast of Grand Cayman
Little Cayman - 5 miles west of Cayman Brac

Capital: George Town, in southwest Grand Cayman

Size: 101 sq. miles (total area)
Grand Cayman - area: 76 sq. miles; length: 22 miles; average width: 4 miles; highest point: about 60 feet above sea level
Cayman Brac - area: 15 sq. miles; length: 12 miles; average width: 1.5 miles; highest point: The Bluff - 140 feet above sea level
Little Cayman - area: 10 sq. miles; length: 10 miles; average width: just over 1 mile; maximum height: 40 feet above sea level

Population: About 53,172 of which 61% or 32,265 are Caymanians (2006)

National Income:
GDP per capita: CI$39,000 (2006)
Total GDP: CI$2.027 million (2006)

Other Statistics (2005):
Unemployment rate: 2.6%
Total Work Permits: 22,394 (foreign workers)
Inflation Rate: 0.8% (inflation rate including housing -4.2%)
Imports: CI$906.1 million Exports: CI$10.7 million
Bank & Trust Licences: 426
Captive Insurance Licences: 740
Mutual Fund Registrations: 8,134
Total Company Registrations: 83,532
Doctors per 1,000 population: 2
Visitor Air Arrivals: 267,300
Cruise Ship Arrivals: 1,930,100
Aircraft movements: 22,972 (arrivals & departures)
Passenger movements: 800,000 (arrivals & departures)

Main Industries:
Tourism, Financial Services

Political Status:
Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom (i.e. British dependency)

Nationalities:
Over 92 different nationalities are represented in Cayman. The majority of the population is Caymanian, Jamaican, British, American, Canadian, Philippino and South American.