Indiana's unemployment rate is at its lowest level in nearly a year, improving to 4.1 percent last month.

Both the state and national unemployment rates steadily rose over the last year, according to new preliminary data. Indiana unemployment rate for the month of February stood at 4.3 percent.

The state’s unemployment rate last December was recorded at 4.5 percent, according to preliminary estimates from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Some of these preliminary estimates are seasonally adjusted months — or sometimes years — after initial release.