There were 25,301 households of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.2% were non-families.
As of the 2000 census, there were 56,690 people, 23,834 households, and 14,848 families residing in the city.