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A New England City and Town Area or NECTA is a geographic and statistical entity defined by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget, for use in describing aspects of the New England region of the United States. A NECTA is a region associated with a core urban area with a population of at least 10,000, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting and employment. NECTAs are analogous to Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and are similarly classified as either metropolitan NECTAs (corresponding to Metropolitan Statistical Areas) or micropolitan NECTAs (corresponding to Micropolitan Statistical Areas). A micropolitan NECTA has an urban core with a population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 while a metropolitan NECTA has an urban core with a population of at least 50,000.

The principal difference between a CBSA and a NECTA is that NECTAs use New England towns as building blocks instead of counties. In the New England region, towns (which are minor civil divisions) are a much more important level of government than counties. Because of this, NECTAs are usually a much closer approximation to metropolitan areas in New England than metropolitan statistical areas.

Large NECTAs (with population greater than 2.5 million) may be subdivided into smaller groupings known as NECTA Divisions. Adjacent NECTAs that have a high degree of employment interchange may also be combined to form Combined NECTAS (or CNECTAs). NECTAs that are part of a CNECTA retain their separate identities.

Contents 1 List of NECTAs 1.1 Connecticut 1.2 Maine 1.3 Massachusetts 1.4 New Hampshire 1.5 Rhode Island 1.6 Vermont 2 List of CNECTAs 3 External links

The following is a list of metropolitan and micropolitan NECTAs as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. Definitions are as of December 2005.

• Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metropolitan NECTA
• Danbury, CT Metropolitan NECTA
• Danielson, CT Micropolitan NECTA
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA
• New Haven, CT Metropolitan NECTA
• Norwich-New London, CT-RI Metropolitan NECTA
• Torrington, CT Micropolitan NECTA
• Waterbury, CT Metropolitan NECTA
• Willimantic, CT Micropolitan NECTA

• Augusta, ME Micropolitan NECTA
• Bangor, ME Metropolitan NECTA
• Brunswick, ME Micropolitan NECTA
• Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metropolitan NECTA
• Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Metropolitan NECTA
• Rockland, ME Micropolitan NECTA
• Sanford, ME Micropolitan NECTA
• Waterville, ME Micropolitan NECTA

• Amherst Center, MA Micropolitan NECTA
• Athol, MA Micropolitan NECTA
• Barnstable Town, MA Metropolitan NECTA
• Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA
  • Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division
  • Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division
  • Framingham, MA NECTA Division
  • Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division
  • Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division
  • Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division
  • Peabody, MA NECTA Division
  • Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division
  • Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division
• Greenfield, MA Micropolitan NECTA
• Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Metropolitan NECTA
• New Bedford, MA Metropolitan NECTA
• North Adams, MA-VT Micropolitan NECTA
• Pittsfield, MA Metropolitan NECTA
• Springfield, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA
• Worcester, MA-CT Metropolitan NECTA

• Berlin, NH Micropolitan NECTA
• Claremont, NH Micropolitan NECTA
• Concord, NH Micropolitan NECTA
• Franklin, NH Micropolitan NECTA
• Keene, NH Micropolitan NECTA
• Laconia, NH Micropolitan NECTA
• Lebanon, NH-VT Micropolitan NECTA
• Manchester, NH Metropolitan NECTA
• Portsmouth, NH-ME Metropolitan NECTA
• Rochester-Dover, NH-ME Metropolitan NECTA

• Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan NECTA

• Barre, VT Micropolitan NECTA
• Bennington, VT Micropolitan NECTA
• Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan NECTA
• Rutland, VT Micropolitan NECTA

• Census Bureau maps of NECTAs
• List of NECTAs and their component towns