There were 6,562 households of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.2% were non-families.
As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 12,311 people, 4,908 households, and 3,381 families residing in the city.