▁President ▁Judge ▁Daniel ▁M . ▁F ole y ▁of ▁Lawrence ▁County . ▁ ▁Geography ▁Ell port ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 4 0 . 8 6 0 3 9 6 , ▁- 8 0 . 2 6 2 0 5 1 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁bor ough ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 4 . 3 5 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 , 1 4 8 ▁people , ▁ 4 8 2 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 3 3 5 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁bor ough . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 2 , 6 4 2 . 4 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 , 0 3 0 . 8 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 5 0 1 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 1 , 1 5 3 . 2 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 4 4 9 . 9 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁bor ough ▁was ▁ 9 8 . 5 2 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 6 1 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 0 9 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 0 . 1 7 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 0 9 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 0 . 5 2 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic