As the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process chugs along in Maryland and across the country, an increasing number of Marylanders say they plan to get vaccinated — or they’ve already received a shot.

A new poll from Goucher College finds that 64% of Maryland residents will either get the vaccine as soon as they can, or they have already received at least one dose. The data comes from a survey of 725 Maryland residents conducted during the last week of February.

Five months ago, fewer than half of Marylanders said they would get vaccinated if an FDA-approved vaccine were available immediately.

The results out of Maryland mirrored national trends. National polls conducted late last year — before vaccine distribution began — suggested that a majority of Americans were hesitant to receive the vaccine. In December, 49% of adults surveyed said they were going to get the vaccine, up from 39% in September, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.

Still, the new Goucher poll details some lingering hesitancy around the vaccination process. About 15% of respondents said they would wait to see how the vaccine works before they get it themselves, and 18% said they would definitely not get it at all or get it only if it was required of them.

“The big picture is that most Marylanders will get the vaccine as soon as it’s available to them,” said Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College, in a statement. “Notably, our poll results also show that Black Marylanders are not significantly more hesitant to get the vaccine than their white counterparts. There are, however, differences across party lines: Republicans are more resistant to taking the vaccine than Democrats.”

Maryland residents also reported dissatisfaction with how the state government is handling distribution.

About two-thirds of respondents said the Maryland government is doing a “fair” or “poor” job at distribution. About three-quarters approve of Republican Governor Larry Hogan’s handling of the outbreak, but that number declined from 82% in October.

More than 1.5 million immunizations have been administered in Maryland as of Saturday. About 16.5% of Marylanders have received at least one dose and 9.1% are fully vaccinated. In Virginia, 9.1% of people are fully vaccinated, as are 10.4% of Washingtonians.