Society and Culture - Midwest States (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD, WI)

Society and Culture in Great Lakes, Traverse City, Upper Peninsula, Mackinac Island, Northern Michigan Most of the towns in the northern Lower Peninsula have populations of less than 5,000 people. Cheboygan and Petoskey are slightly larger than this, and Traverse City is one of the region's biggest urban areas with a population of approximately 30,000 people. Society and Culture in Chicago, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dells, Madison Chi-town has been a melting pot of different cultures since the 1840's. It has the largest population of Swedish-Americans in the United States, and is also has the largest population of Poles outside Poland.