The United States of America is officially made up of 50 separate states, with 48 of them being found in the middle of North America between Mexico and Canada. The two other states that are not connected to the rest of the USA by land are Alaska and Hawaii. However, the 50 states are not comprised of all of the land that the United States controls. More @Wikipedia
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