There were 3,632 households of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.0% were married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.3% were non-families.
As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 8,531 people, 3,821 households, and 2,074 families residing in the city.