As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 55,469 people, 23,720 households, and 14,018 families residing in the city.
There were 23,720 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9% were non-families.