New England is in a country.
New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeast United States : Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Vermont . The Northeastern United States , also referred to as the American Northeast or simply the Northeast , is a geographical region of the United States bordered to the north by Canada , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , to the south by the Southern United States , and to the west by the Midwestern United States .