Massachusetts /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɨts/, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, Vermont and New Hampshire to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Massachusetts is the 6th smallest by land area, but the 14th most populous and the 3rd most densely populated of the 50 United States. It is the most populous of the six New England states and has the nation's sixth highest GDP per capita. The state features two separate metropolitan areas: the Greater Boston area in the east and the Springfield metropolitan area in the west.