There were 16,048 households of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families.
In the city the age distribution of the population shows 24% under the age of 18, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older.