How big is the state of Alaska in comparison to the size of the 48 contiguous states?

It's a little more that 1/5 the size of the 48 states (about 21%)

All 21 of the smallest United States can fit into the single state of Alaska.

Alaska is the largest State in the USA (land wise). It is not contiguous to any other state. Contiguous means adjoining, and the only place Alaska is contiguous to is Canada - and if it's a really cold winter, Russia - but that's just ice and probably doesn't count

The lower 48 as they are known are not contiguous but superfluous.

This proved to be not as simple as I expected. The official Alaska web page says Alaska has an area of 656,425 square miles. That converts to 1,700,133 square km. According to www.geographica.org, the USA has a total area of 9,158,960 sq km, so Alaska is 18.6% of the total. But www.mongabay.com quotes the USA as 9,629,091 so the percentage would be 17.6%. Those figure differences for the USA seem huge to me - that's a difference of 470,131 sq km, or about the size of Cameroon or twice the UK!!

Alaska is 2 1/2 times the state of Texas. It has the population of Manhattan. It is the state most farthest east and west. It has the longest continuous coastline on any state in the union.

About 1/3 of the U.S.

small................

about 1/5 how freaky is that i just got back from skagway Juneau and ketchican in Alaska on tuesday night go visit its a great place i saw whales eagles bears deer just to name a few truely a wilderness not to be missed.....