Vermont is a northeastern U.S. state in the New England region. It borders the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Vermont is the only state in New England that does not border the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont is the second-least populated U.S. state and the sixth-smallest by area of the 50 U.S. states. The state capital is Montpelier, the least populous state capital in the United States.