▁years . ▁ 2 4 . 2 % ▁of ▁residents ▁were ▁under ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 ; ▁ 9 . 1 % ▁were ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁ 2 4 ; ▁ 2 2 . 4 % ▁were ▁from ▁ 2 5 ▁to ▁ 4 4 ; ▁ 2 4 . 5 % ▁were ▁from ▁ 4 5 ▁to ▁ 6 4 ; ▁and ▁ 1 9 . 7 % ▁were ▁ 6 5 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁or ▁older . ▁The ▁gender ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 4 6 . 9 % ▁male ▁and ▁ 5 3 . 1 % ▁female . ▁▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 4 , 0 4 1 ▁people , ▁ 1 , 7 3 9 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 1 , 0 5 2 ▁families ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 , 4 9 0 . 9 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 5 7 5 . 7 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 , 9 7 7 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 7 2 9 . 4 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 2 8 1 . 7 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 7 8 . 2 5 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 1 5 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 1 6 . 1 1 % ▁Native ▁American ,