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 | |||
| 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 |
| NCTADVFP | 5 | String | Current New England city and town area division code |
| GEOID | 10 | String | New 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 |
| NAME | 100 | String | Current New England city and town area division name |
| NAMELSAD | 100 | String | Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for New England city and town area division |
| LSAD | 2 | String | Current legal/statistical area description code for New England city and town area division |
| MTFCC | 5 | String | MAF/TIGER feature class code (G3220) |
| 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 |