Oklahoma is a US State and does not contain other states.
New York is a state, it does not contain states. It contains counties.
Maryland is a US State and does not contain other states.
Oregon is a US State and does not contain other states.
Arkansas and West Virginia
West Virginia is a US State and does not contain other states.
Alaska and Hawaii
The following states have major desert areas:CaliforniaNevadaArizonaNew MexicoTexas,ColoradoUtah
Rhode Island (technically: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) is the only one that starts with an 'R'.Lots of states contain 'R's within their names.
Several states were formed from it and today the names are the state names.
Minnesota is a state itself and does not contain any states.
Alaska is a US state and it does not contain any states.