There were 3,864 households of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.8% were non-families.
As of the official census of 2000, there were 7,348 people, 3,319 households, and 1,845 families permanently residing in the city.