48 states are contiguous. Two states, Alaska and Hawaii 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 is one of the 48 contiguous U.S. states.
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The non-contiguous states. Alaska and Hawaii.
The non-contiguous states in America are Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska is located to the northwest of Canada and is separated from the contiguous United States by Canada. Hawaii is an archipelago situated in the central Pacific Ocean, about 2,400 miles from the mainland U.S.
None of the lower 48 states are not contiguous. All are attached to another state. Only Hawaii and Alaska are not attached to another state.
Hawaii being one of two states in the non-contiguous (not connected to the other 48 states) United States, being located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. North of it is Alaska, the other non-contiguous states. However, the two states are separated by 2,000-3,000 miles of water.
The 48 American states whose borders are shared with one or more states are contiguous. The remaining two states, Hawaii and Alaska, do not have borders that touch any other American state. They are, therefore, not contiguous states.
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.
Alaska and Hawaii are non-contiguous states of the United States, as they are not connected to the mainland U.S. by land.