The smallest US State, contiguous or otherwise is Rhode Island.
Maine is the easternmost state in the contiguous 48 states of the US.
It means it is not contiguous. Hawaii and Alaska are not contiguous states.
California is the closest contiguous state to Hawaii
Alaska
Rhode Island is the smallest state by area in the US.
The state with the longest coastline in the US is Alaska.
The smallest contigious state is Rhode Island
By area, the smallest US state is Rhode Island.
Rhode Island is the smallest state by area in the US.
A state, because it is a state, is inside the US. There are two states that are non-contiguous.
Texas
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.