▁older . ▁The ▁gender ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 5 0 . 2 % ▁male ▁and ▁ 4 9 . 8 % ▁female . ▁▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 , 3 1 8 ▁people , ▁ 8 7 7 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 6 3 7 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 4 , 6 7 7 . 5 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 , 7 9 0 . 0 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 8 9 8 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 1 , 8 1 2 . 1 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 6 9 3 . 4 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 8 5 . 4 6 % ▁White , ▁ 7 . 2 9 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 2 6 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 3 . 6 7 % ▁Asian , ▁ 1 . 0 4 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 2 . 2 9 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat ino ▁of ▁any ▁race ▁were ▁ 5 . 5 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 8 7 7 ▁households ▁out ▁of ▁which ▁ 3 3 . 9 % ▁had ▁children ▁under ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁living ▁with ▁them , ▁ 6 1 . 6