What do you mean when say the conteguous 48 states?

When people refer to the "contiguous 48 states," they are referring to the 48 states in the United States that are connected to each other by land. This excludes the two non-contiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii, which are separated from the rest of the country by Canada and the Pacific Ocean, respectively.

The contiguous 48 states are:

- Alabama

- Arizona

- Arkansas

- California

- Colorado

- Connecticut

- Delaware

- Florida

- Georgia

- Idaho

- Illinois

- Indiana

- Iowa

- Kansas

- Kentucky

- Louisiana

- Maine

- Maryland

- Massachusetts

- Michigan

- Minnesota

- Mississippi

- Missouri

- Montana

- Nebraska

- Nevada

- New Hampshire

- New Jersey

- New Mexico

- New York

- North Carolina

- North Dakota

- Ohio

- Oklahoma

- Oregon

- Pennsylvania

- Rhode Island

- South Carolina

- South Dakota

- Tennessee

- Texas

- Utah

- Vermont

- Virginia

- Washington

- West Virginia

- Wisconsin

- Wyoming

The contiguous 48 states cover a total area of approximately 3,100,000 square miles (8,000,000 square kilometers) and are home to over 330 million people, or about 97% of the total population of the United States.