Indiana's unemployment rate hit record lows for the third straight month in February at 2.3 percent as the state also recorded the highest number of people working in a private-sector job.

Indiana continues to break state records for low unemployment as it fell to just 2.4 percent in January. But there's a flip side to that statistic: the rate of Hoosiers 16 and older participating in the workforce stayed flat.

The Elkhart-Goshen metropolitan area has the lowest unemployment rate in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other areas in Indiana also have a historically very low level of jobless workers.

With 38 counties at 1 percent or less unemployment rates (not factoring in seasonal adjustment), the state may be entering unusual territory where unemployment is so low it can have some unintended consequences.

Indiana’s unemployment rate may have reached a historic low, reaching just 2.7 percent in December.

The data is preliminary, but may show a slight slowing in economic recovery from the ongoing pandemic.

The unemployment rate in Indiana continues to creep lower according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The national unemployment rate remains two percentage points higher than Indiana's.

Across the country, unemployment rates skyrocketed due to COVID-19, but the South and Midwest seemed to fare a bit better.

Indiana's unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent in December, dropping almost a full percentage point from the month before according to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Tuesday morning.