There were 16,449 households of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.6% were married couples living together, 18.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.6% were non-families.
According to Census 2000 figures, the population density was 3,441.5 people per square mile (1,328.8/km²).