New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are an alternative set of geographic entities, similar in concept to the county-based CBSAs, that OMB defines in New England based on county subdivisions—usually cities and towns.  NECTAs receive a category in a manner similar to CBSAs and are referred to as metropolitan NECTAs or micropolitan NECTAs.

 

New England City and Town Area (NECTA) National Shapefile Record Layout (Current)
tl_year_us_necta.shp
FieldLengthTypeDescription
CNECTAFP3StringCurrent combined New England city and town area code, if applicable
NECTAFP5StringCurrent New England city and town area code
GEOID5StringNew England city and town area identifier, New England city and town area code
NAME100StringCurrent New England city and town area name
NAMELSAD100StringCurrent name and the translated legal/statistical area description for New England city and town area
LSAD2StringCurrent legal/statistical area description code for New England city and town area
NMEMI1StringCurrent New England city and town area metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator
MTFCC5StringMAF/TIGER feature class code (G3210)
ALAND14NumberCurrent land area
AWATER14NumberCurrent water area
INTPTLAT11StringCurrent latitude of the internal point
INTPTLON12StringCurrent longitude of the internal point

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