As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 7,957 people, 2,407 households, and 1,699 families residing in the city.
There were 2,407 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.3% were married couples living together, 31.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families.