There were 3,612 households of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.6% were non-families.
As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 8,968 people, 3,608 households, and 2,197 families residing in the city.