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