There were 2,972 households of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.9% were non-families.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,831 people, 2,429 households, and 1,442 families residing in the city.