At just 1,214 square miles, Rhode Island is by far the smallest of the 48 contiguous United States.
Rhode Island is smallest in area (1045 square miles).
Wyoming is smallest in population (563,626 in 2010).
48 states are contiguous. Two states, Alaska and Hawaii are non-contiguous.
Texas is one of the 48 contiguous U.S. states.
The two states that are not one of the 48 contiguous states are Alaska and Hawaii.
Contiguous means touching. Alaska is not one of the contiguous states.
pacific ocean touches the contiguous of the united states.
Hawaii Hawaii is not part of the contiguous states!
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.
The contiguous United States.
Texas has the largest land area of the 48 contiguous states. (Alaska and Hawaii are not contiguous!)
The two states that are outside the contiguous US are Alaska and Hawaii.
Maine is the easternmost state in the contiguous 48 states of the US.
The state in the 48 contiguous states that has the westernmost is Washington. It is located at Cape Alava. The westernmost geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is in Oregon.