While the number of eligible Black voters in the U.S. has only grown at a modest pace in recent years, the voter group does stand out for their relatively high voter turnout rates.

According to new Pew Research data, 51 percent of Black eligible voters in America turned out to vote in 2018, in contrast to 40 percent of Latino and Asian eligible voters in the same year.

In the 2022 midterm elections, the data finds that Black voters could play an increasingly important role in determining the outcome, particularly in Georgia as African Americans account for a third of eligible voters and will cast ballots in a closely followed race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate next year.

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70 percent of Black registered voters said they would vote for or were leaning to the Democratic U.S. House candidate in their district in the coming election, according to Pew Research data published in August. Another 24 percent were either unsure or said they would back another candidate. Just 6 percent of Black registered voters said they would back the Republican candidate in the race to represent their district in the House of Representatives.

Nationally, Black Americans are projected to account for 13.6 percent of all eligible voters in the United States in November. As of 2020, eight states have been found to be home to about half of all Black eligible voters in the U.S.

Read the full spread of new Pew Research data here.