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 | |||
| Field | Length | Type | Description |
| CNECTAFP | 3 | String | Current combined New England city and town area code, if applicable |
| NECTAFP | 5 | String | Current New England city and town area code |
| GEOID | 5 | String | New England city and town area identifier, New England city and town area code |
| NAME | 100 | String | Current New England city and town area name |
| NAMELSAD | 100 | String | Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for New England city and town area |
| LSAD | 2 | String | Current legal/statistical area description code for New England city and town area |
| NMEMI | 1 | String | Current New England city and town area metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator |
| MTFCC | 5 | String | MAF/TIGER feature class code (G3210) |
| ALAND | 14 | Number | Current land area |
| AWATER | 14 | Number | Current water area |
| INTPTLAT | 11 | String | Current latitude of the internal point |
| INTPTLON | 12 | String | Current longitude of the internal point |