The smallest US State, contiguous or otherwise is Rhode Island.
Maine is the easternmost state in the contiguous 48 states of the US.
It means it is not contiguous. Hawaii and Alaska are not contiguous states.
There is no 'state' in Africa that is nearly as big as the United States. The Sahara is nearly as big as the contiguous United States but the Sahara is a desert and not a state or country.
California is the closest contiguous state to Hawaii
The Sahara is nearly as big as the contiguous 48 states.
The state with the longest coastline in the US is Alaska.
A state, because it is a state, is inside the US. There are two states that are non-contiguous.
You answered your own question. There are the Continental United States , or contiguous states, and the non-contiguous States . Although Alaska is continental , it touches no other state.
Texas
The Sahara Desert!
The state of Hawaii does not have any neighboring states. This is because Hawaii is separated from the contiguous US and is a non contiguous state along with Alaska. This means they not connected by land to any other US state.