Kate Watkins is Colorado’s State Demographer. She leads DOLA’s State Demography Office, which produces population and economic estimates and forecasts for use by the business community and state and local governments. Kate has nearly two decades of experience analyzing economic and demographic trends in Colorado and beyond. Her career history includes serving as the Chief Economist for Colorado’s state legislature, as an economist at the Denver Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and as an economic consultant in the private sector. Kate holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University and holds an Master of Arts in Global Finance, Trade, and Economic Integration from the University of Denver.