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Canterbury

East HaddamHaddam

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East Hampton

PortlandCromwell

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New Hartford

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Littleton

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Boylston

Sterling

Leicester

Shrewsbury Westborough

MillburyAuburn

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New Braintree

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Harvard

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LimerickGorham

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Charleston

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Newport

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HowlandEnfield

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East Central Penobscotunorganized territory

Maxfield

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Oakland

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Unityunorganized

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Benton

WinslowAlbion

ChinaReadfield

RandolphWest

Gardiner

Livermore

HartfordSumner

Buckfield

Hebron

Turner

MechanicFalls

Greene

Minot

New Gloucester

Meredith

Gilford

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Canterbury

Loudon

Chichester

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AllenstownBow

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Hopkinton

BoscawenWebster

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Goffstown

Auburn

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Stoddard

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Nelson

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Surry

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WestmorelandRoxbury

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Springfield

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Sharon

Royalton

Strafford

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Fairlee

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Fairfax

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Cambridge

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FryeIsland

Raymond

Gray

Freeport

Standish

Baldwin

Hiram

Porter

Seabrook

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Long-meadow

ClintonWest

Boylston

Hopedale

Wakefield

Burlington

Reading

Saugus

Middleton

Wilmington

Cohasset

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OldSaybrook

Westbrook

Middlebury

Mattapoisett

Thomas-ton

Hingham

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Dartmouth

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MERIDEN

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NEWBRITAIN

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WATERBURY

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BRISTOL

NEW

LONDON

Preston

NORWICH

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PomfretNorwich

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Foxborough

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Broo

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Hartford

LEBANON

Hanover

Canaan

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NorthYarmouth

Successtownship

Buelsgore

PEABODY

SALEM

Danielson

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AmherstCenter

Athol

Brunswick

BANGOR

Concord

Barre

Bennington

BURLINGTON-SOUTH BURLINGTON

Rutland

Laconia

Rockland

Waterville

North Adams

PITTSFIELD

SPRINGFIELD

HARTFORD-WEST HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD

NORWICH-NEW LONDONDANBURY

WATERBURY

NEW HAVEN

BARNSTABLE TOWN

BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE-QUINCY

Greenfield

WORCESTER

MANCHESTERPORTSMOUTH

ROCHESTER-DOVER

LEWISTON-AUBURN

Augusta

Franklin

BRIDGEPORT-STAMFORD-NORWALK

Torrington

Willimantic

Sanford

PROVIDENCE-FALL RIVER-WARWICK

Keene

Berlin

LEOMINSTER-FITCHBURG-GARDNER

Lebanon

Claremont

PORTLAND-SOUTH PORTLAND-BIDDEFORD

Nashua

Taunton-Norton-

Raynham

Brockton-Bridgewater-

Easton

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy

Haverhill-

North Andover-

Amesbury

Framingham

Lawrence-

Methuen-

Salem

Peabody

Bridgeport-New Haven-Stamford

Boston-Worcester-Manchester

Springfield-Amherst Center-Greenfield

Pittsfield-North Adams

Hartford-West Hartford-Torrington

Laconia-Franklin

Providence-New Bedford-

Fall River

Augusta-Waterville

Portland-South Portland-SanfordClaremont-

Lebanon

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1:725,000

New England City and Town AreasDecember, 2006

New England City and Town Area Description

The United States Office of Management and Budget defines New England city and town areas (NECTAs) as a

city/town-based set of areas conceptually similar to county-based "core based statistical areas" (CBSAs). The general

concept of a metropolitan or micropolitan NECTA is that of a core area containing a substantial population nucleus,

together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core. Metropolitan

NECTAs contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population; micropolitan NECTAs contain at least one urban

cluster of at least 10,000 and less than 50,000 population. If specified criteria are met, a metropolitan NECTA containing a

single urban core with a population of 2.5 million or more may be subdivided into NECTA divisions, which function as

distinct areas within the larger NECTA. There are 21 metropolitan NECTAs, one of which is subdivided into 9 metropolitan

NECTA divisions, and 22 micropolitan NECTAs in New England as of December, 2006.

Combined NECTAs (CNECTAs) are groupings of adjacent metropolitan and/or micropolitan NECTAs areas that have

social and economic ties as measured by commuting to work, but at lower levels than are found among cities and towns

within individual NECTAs. CNECTAs can be characterized as representing larger regions that reflect wider-ranging social

and economic interactions, such as wholesaling, commodity distribution, and weekend recreation activities, as well as

lower levels of daily commuting interaction. Under the Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical

Areas, a CNETCA is identified when two adjacent NECTAs have an employment interchange measure (EIM) of at least 15.

(The EIM is defined as the sum of the percentage of employed residents of the smaller area who work in the larger area and

the percentage of employment in the smaller area that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger area.)

CNECTAs are automatically created for adjacent areas that have an EIM of 25 or more. Combinations for areas with EIMs of

at least 15 but less than 25 are identified only if local opinion in both areas favors their combining. There are 10 CNECTAs

containing 27 NECTAs in New England as of December, 2006.

Source Description

NECTA, NECTA division, and CNECTA boundaries and names are as of December, 2006.

All other boundaries are as of November, 2002.

ResourcesFurther information about geographic areas defined under the metropolitan and micropolitan statistical

area standards is available within the "Subjects A to Z" area of the Census Bureau's Internet Site athttp://www.census.gov/, or by contacting:

Population Division, (301) 763-2419, pop@census.gov.

For information on census geographic concepts, contact:Geography Division, (301) 763-3056.

To order copies of this map or other geographic products, contact:Geographic Products Management Branch, (301) 763-1128.

Legend

Laconia-Franklin

MANCHESTER

BANGOR

Laconia

Concord

Framingham

BOSTON

Plymouth

KNOX

CHITTENDEN

WINDSOR

PLYMOUTH

HAMPSHIREWORCESTER

RUTLAND

MIDDLESEX

BARNSTABLE

COOS

PENOBSCOT

KENNEBEC

KENT

FRANKLIN

GRANDISLE

WASHINGTON

ESSEX

CUMBERLAND

ANDROSCOGGIN

SAGADAHOC

BENNINGTON CHESHIRE

MERRIMACK

BELKNAP

HILLSBOROUGH

STRAFFORD

ROCKINGHAM

NORFOLK

SUFFOLK

BRISTOL

WASHINGTON

PROVIDENCE

NEWPORT

BRISTOL

FRANKLINBERKSHIRE

HAMPDEN

LITCHFIELD

TOLLAND

HARTFORD

MIDDLESEX

NEW LONDON

WINDHAM

FAIRFIELD

NEWHAVEN

SULLIVAN

GRAFTONORANGE

YORK

ESSEX

Boston-Quincy

Rockingham

County-

Strafford County

Cambridge-Newton-

Framingham

Peabody

Torrington

BARNSTABLE TOWN

Rockland

Berlin

BANGOR

WORCESTER

Barre

Augusta-Waterville

BURLINGTON-SOUTH BURLINGTON

LEWISTON- AUBURN

Rutland

Benn

ingto

n

Keene

Concord

Laconia

MANCHESTER-NASHUA

PROVIDENCE-NEW BEDFORD-

FALL RIVER

SPRINGFIELD

PITTSFIELD

NEW HAVEN-MILFORD

HARTFORD-WEST HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD

NORWICH-NEW

LONDON

Willimantic

BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE-QUINCY

BRIDGEPORT-STAMFORD-NORWALK

Clar

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t

Lebanon PORTLAND-SOUTH

PORTLAND-BIDDEFORD

Portland-Lewiston-South Portland

Boston-Worcester-Manchester

Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic

New York-Newark-Bridgeport (part)

Claremont-Lebanon

0

0

40 Kilometers

40 Miles

Combined, Metropolitan, andMicropolitan Statistical Areas

in New EnglandDecember, 2006

Boston-Worcester-Manchester

WORCESTER

BARNSTABLE TOWN

Concord

Lebanon

Boston-Quincy

CHESHIRE

Combined and Core Based Satistical Area DescriptionThe United States Office of Management and Budget defines combined

statistical areas (CSAs) and metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas(referred to collectively as "core based statistical areas"-CBSAs). The generalconcept of a metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is that of a core areacontaining a substantial population nucleus, together with adjacent communitieshaving a high degree of economic and social integration with that core.Metropolitan statistical areas contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 ormore population; micropolitan statistical areas contain at least one urban clusterof at least 10,000 and less than 50,000 population. If specified criteria are met, ametropolitan statistical area containing a single core with a population of 2.5million or more may be subdivided into metropolitan divisions, which function asdistinct areas within the larger metropolitan statistical area. CBSAs are composedof entire counties. There are 15 metropolitan statistical areas, one of which issubdivided into four metropolitan divisions, and 13 micropolitan statistical areasin New England as of December, 2006.

CSAs are groupings of adjacent metropolitan and/or micropolitan statisticalareas that have social and economic ties as measured by commuting to work, butat lower levels than are found among counties within individual CBSAs. CSAs canbe characterized as representing larger regions that reflect wider-ranging socialand economic interactions, such as wholesaling, commodity distribution, andweekend recreation activities, as well as lower levels of daily commutinginteraction. Under the Standards for Defining Metropolitan and MicropolitanStatistical Areas, a CSA is identified when two adjacent CBSAs have anemployment interchange measure (EIM) of at least 15. (The EIM is defined as thesum of the percentage of employed residents of the smaller area who work in thelarger area and the percentage of employment in the smaller area that isaccounted for by workers who reside in the larger area.) CSAs are automaticallycreated for adjacent areas that have an EIM of 25 or more. Combinations for areaswith EIMs of at least 15 but less than 25 are identified only if local opinion in bothareas favors their combining. There are five CSAs containing 14 CBSAs in NewEngland as of December, 2006.

Source DescriptionCSA and CBSA boundaries and names are as of December, 2006.

All other boundaries are as of November, 2002.