As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 5,989 people, 2,489 households, and 1,607 families residing in the city.
There were 2,489 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families.