Contiguous United States
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The contiguous United States, or officially the conterminous United States, are the 48 U.S. states that touch one another plus the District of Columbia.
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This 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.