Large land area of wilderness and extremely cold climate. Not many people want to live in such a place.
Canada is the country that divides Alaska from the 48 lower US states.
The time zone that is the least populated in the United States is the Alaska Standard time zone. Alaska is the least populated state. It has about .42 people per square mile.
Alaska is 20% or 1/5 the size of the lower 48 states.
Alaska and Hawaii are the only states that are not part of the contiguous United States, also known as the lower 48 states. Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean, while Alaska lies in the northwest corner of North America.
Alaska is separated from the lower 48 states by Canada.
Canada.
Contiguous means that their borders are touching the continental US. Alaska and Hawaii do not touch the mainland.
They are Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.(Alaska is continental, but it is not contiguous with the "lower 48.")
There are no trains that run from the lower 48 states to Alaska. THough Alaska does have a train system that connects Seward to ANchorage to Fairbanks
it is the lower "48" states in the USA, Alaska and Hawaii make up the 50 states
States that typically do not get hit by tornadoes include Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona. These states have lower instances of tornadoes compared to the Central Plains states like Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.
Yes, everything but Alaska and Hawaii.