As of the 2010 census, there were 23,887 people, 9,844 households, and 5,498 families residing in the city.
As per the 2000 census there were 9,871 households out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.3% were non-families.