The Chicago Fed serves the Seventh District, which encompasses the northern portions of Illinois and Indiana, southern Wisconsin, the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and the state of Iowa.

[4][5] Ellen Bromagen is first vice president and chief operating officer of the Chicago Fed.

[2][9] The Bank's board of directors agreed to establish a Detroit Branch in a vote in November 1917.

[2] By 1919, the Chicago Fed had expanded to 1,200 employees and outgrown its office spaces, which were scattered across various buildings in the Loop.

[12] All visitors must show a photo identification, walk through a metal detector and have their bags x-rayed before entering the Money Museum.

The museum includes a free kiosk, which takes a guest's picture in front of a million dollars in $100 bills.