The 3.2 percent rate held steady since February, again equaling its lowest level in nearly 18 years.

Indiana's unemployment rate is at 3.2 percent for the third consecutive month. Before this year, it hadn't been that low since late 2000.

The state's private sector added 4,300 jobs, including a big boost in the trade, transportation and utilities sector.

The rate was helped by a 5,200 job surge in the state's private sector, led by the construction industry.

The state's January unemployment rate of 3.3 percent is its lowest since the beginning of 2001. But for the fifth consecutive month, Indiana's labor force shrunk.

The unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent last month. That represents a drop of half of a percent since October.

Indiana's unemployment rate rebounded in November after four consecutive months of increases.

October marked the first time in six years the unemployment rate went up four consecutive months.

September marks four consecutive months of the state unemployment rate rising - the first time that's happened in six years.

Indiana's unemployment rate last month took its largest single-month jump in more than eight years.