New England City and Town Area (NECTA) Divisions are created when a NECTA containing a single core with a population of at least 2.5 million is to form smaller groupings of cities and towns.  A NECTA division consists of a main city or town that represents an employment center, plus adjacent cities and towns associated with the main city or town through commuting ties.  Each NECTA division must contain a total population of 100,000 or more.  Because NECTA divisions represent subdivisions of larger NECTAs, it is not appropriate to rank or compare NECTA divisions with NECTAs.  It would be appropriate to rank and compare NECTA divisions.

 

New England City and Town Area (NECTA) Division National Shapefile Record Layout (Current)
tl_year_us_nectadiv.shp
FieldLengthTypeDescription
CNECTAFP3StringCurrent combined New England city and town area code, if applicable
NECTAFP5StringCurrent New England city and town area code
NCTADVFP5StringCurrent New England city and town area division code
GEOID10StringNew England city and town area division identifier; a concatenation of New England city and town area code and New England city and town area division code
NAME100StringCurrent New England city and town area division name
NAMELSAD100StringCurrent name and the translated legal/statistical area description for New England city and town area division
LSAD2StringCurrent legal/statistical area description code for New England city and town area division
MTFCC5StringMAF/TIGER feature class code (G3220)
ALAND14NumberCurrent land area
AWATER14NumberCurrent water area
INTPTLAT11StringCurrent latitude of the internal point
INTPTLON12StringCurrent longitude of the internal point

 

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