New England is not in the United States.
Boston ( pronounced [ ˈbɒstən ] ) is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States . Connecticut ( [ kəˈnɛtᵻkət ] ) is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . Maine ( [ ˈmeɪn ] ) is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . Massachusetts [ mæsəˈtʃuːsᵻts ] or [ ˌmæsəˈtʃuːzᵻts ] ; officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . New England . The only unincorporated areas in the region exist in the sparsely populated northern regions of Maine , New Hampshire , and Vermont .