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