California boosted Obamacare sign-up

The 1.4 million California residents who enrolled in health coverage during Covered California’s first open enrollment period account for about 17.5 percent of all Affordable Care Act enrollees nationwide.

A new report from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services indicates that Californians also make up more than half of the 2.6 million people who enrolled in Obamacare through state-run exchanges, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Though the Obama administration reported that more than 8 million Americans signed up for Obamacare, the HHS report provided previously unavailable demographic information. Of the enrollees who volunteered such information, 63 percent are white, 17 percent are black, 11 percent are Hispanic, and 8 percent are Asian. About 2.2 million—or 28 percent—of the enrollees are between 18 and 34 years old.