What is Contiguous United States?
{{mergefrom|Continental United States}} The '''contiguous United States''', or officially the '''conterminous United States''', is the 48 [[U.S. state]]s that touch one another, as well as the [[District of Columbia]]. [[File:National-atlas-blank-state-outlines.png|thumb|center|400px|This shows the contiguous [[United States]]. The insets at the lower left are the two states that are not contiguous.]] That excludes the states of [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]] and all island territories and U.S. possessions such as [[American Samoa]], [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], [[Guam]] and [[Puerto Rico]]. {{-}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Subdivisions of the United States]]