unemployment

Indiana's unemployment rate — which measures the percentage of people who are without a job but are actively looking for work — stood at 3.9 percent in April, while the national rate was 4.2 percent.

For January, Indiana’s labor force participation rate was 63.8 percent.

Data show the negative impact of job loss goes far beyond finances for Hoosiers, it can also affect housing, future earnings and physical health.

Gov. Braun said these executive orders are in response to Indiana's loss of millions of dollars due to fraudulent unemployment insurance claims over the past few years.

The program could also add to an individual's unemployment benefits each week they are both eligible and make satisfactory progress toward an approved training program.

Each report uses the previous month’s preliminary employment data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, such as the unemployment and labor force participation rates. And even though much of the data in the reports are estimates, they’re often the best available numbers.

Indiana’s unemployment rate had been steady at 3.5 percent for more than six months before increasing to 3.6 percent in April.

Indiana’s unemployment rate in the most recent jobs report, released Friday, remained steady in February at 3.5 percent. That marks six consecutive months at that rate.

The agency’s yearly revisions also show that the state had about 22,000 more people employed last year than originally reported.

The measure is 3.6 percent, back below the national unemployment rate and where the state’s unemployment rate had been in September and October. And the rate has now been below 4 percent for two-and-a-half years.