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