The U.S. Electorate’s Changing Racial and Ethnic Makeup

Roughly 250 million adult U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in the 2026 midterm elections.

White Americans make up the majority of these eligible voters (61 percent), but their share has fallen markedly since 2006. Meanwhile, Hispanic (16 percent) and Asian (5 percent) eligible voters; shares have almost doubled in the past 20 years. The share of Black eligible voters (12 percent) has changed little over the same period.

(In this report, white, Black and Asian adults are those who report being only one race and are not Hispanic. Hispanic adults are of any race.)

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