Figure 2From: Evaluating Michigan's community hospital access: spatial methods for decision supportMichigan urban and rural population distribution. Most of Michigan's population is found south of the "Bay City Line" in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula with approximately 40% concentrated in the southeastern part of the state. North of that line, urban concentrations are few and rural population thins dramatically with the Upper Peninsula accounting for only 3.4% of the state's population.Back to article page