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FORM N-SAR
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES



Report for the fiscal year ending: 12/31/00


Is this a transition report?  N


Is this an amendment to a previous filing?  N




1.  A.   Registrant Name: JEFFERSON-PILOT SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

    B.   File Number:811-2188

    C.   Telephone Number:(603) 226-5457


2.  A.   Street: One Granite Place

    B.   City: Concord  C.  State: NH   D.  Zip Code:03301   Zip
Ext:0001


3.  Is this the first filing on this form by Registrant?  N


4.  Is this the last filing on this form by Registrant?  N


5.  Is Registrant a small business investment company (SBIC)?  N


6.  Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)?  Y


7.  A.  Is Registrant a series or multiple portfolio company?  N











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For period ending 12/31/00
File number 811-2188




114.  A  Principal Underwrite Name:  Jefferson Pilot Variable
Corporation
	B.  File Number:  8-15753
	C:  City:  Concord	State:  New Hampshire
	Zip Code:  03301

115.  A  Independent Public Account Name:  Ernst & Young LLP
	B.  City:  Boston			State:  MA
	Zip Code  02116		Zip Ext:  5072

116.  Family of investment companies information:
	Identify the family in 10 letters:

117.
A.  Is Registrant a separate account of an insurance
company? (Y/N)	Y
B.  Variably annuity contracts?  (Y/N)	Y
C.  Scheduled premium variable life contracts (Y/N)	N
D.  Flexible premium variable life contracts (Y/N)	N
E.  Other types of insurance products registered under the
Securities Act of 1933?  (Y/N)	N

118.  State the number of series existing at the end of the
period that had securities registered under the Securities Act
of 1933?		1

119.  State the number of new series for which registration
statements under the Securities Act of 1933 became effective
during the period		0

121.  State the number of series for which a current prospectus
was in existence at the end of the period	1

122.  State the number of existing series for which additional
units were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 during
the current period		0

123. State the total value of the additional units considered in
answering item 122 ($000,s omitted)
	$0

125.  State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected
(before reallowances to other brokers or dealers) by Registrant's
principal underwriter and any underwriter which is an affiliated
person of the principal underwriter during the current period solely
from the sale of units of all series of Registrant      $0




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For period ending  12/31/00
File number 811-2188


127.  List opposite the appropriate description below the
number of series whose portfolios are invested primarily (based upon
a percentage of NAV) in each type of security shown, the aggregate
total assets at market value as of a date at or near the end of the
current period of each such group of series and the total income
distributions made by each such group of series during the current
period (excluding distributions of realized gains, if any):

I.  Investment company equity securities  1  $255,112  $21,701

L.  Total assets of all series of registrant  1  $255,112  $21,701


131.  Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during
the current reporting period   $3,638


132.  List the "811" (Investment Company Act of 1940)
registration number for
all Series of Registrant that are being included in this filing:

811-2188






SIGNATURE



This report is signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of
Concord and State of New Hampshire on 23rd day of February, 2001.




Jefferson-Pilot Separate Account A
Registrant







Witness                                    By:
 John A Weston                           Donna M. Wilbur
 Vice President                          Financial Reporting Manager