There were 4,791 households of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.2% were non-families.
As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 12,994 people, 5,410 households, and 3,397 families residing in the city.