310 miles
Iowa is 310 miles long (north to south) and 200 miles wide (east to west).
Iowa is 310 miles long (north to south) and 200 miles wide (east to west).
Illinois is about 390 miles wide from the eastern border with Indiana to the western border with Iowa.
New York's greatest distance is from east to west. The distance from east to west is 330 miles and the distance from north to south is 283 miles.
Width (longest distance, east to west): 357 miles
The distance in miles from the East Coast of Puerto Rico to its West Coast is about 110 miles. The distance from its North and South Coasts is about 40 miles.
Arkansas stretches about 240 miles from east to west.
180 miles
For an easy answer just remember that Iowa is about 200 miles north to south and 300 miles east to west and that the US is about 2000 miles north to south and about 3000 miles east to west. Iowa ranks very close to the middle of all the states in land area, population, location, etc.
Africa is greater in distance from north to south. This distance is approximately 5,000 miles. From east to west, Africa is approximately 4,600 miles.
Iowa City is 228 miles directly west of Chicago on Interstate 80.