There were 8,885 households of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.6% were non-families.
As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 19,463 people, 6,824 households, and 4,872 families residing in the city.