Area (square miles): Land 2 (99.3%) Water 0 (0.7%)

Population

The total population is 8,954 as of the 2000 Census. The census's sample size was 956 (11% of the total population).

The size of the urban population is 8,954 (100.0%) with 8,954 (100.00%) living inside urbanized (densely populated) areas.

The racial makeup is: White ~ 8,505 (95.0%), Black or African American ~ 72 (0.8%), American Indian and Alaska Native ~ 55 (0.6%), Asian ~ 166 (1.9%), some other race ~ 38 (0.4%), comprised of two or more races ~ 118 (1.3%). The number of people of Hispanic or Latino origins (heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth) is 340 (4%).

The population is 52% male and 48% female with 11% 18 years or younger and 28% 62 years or older.

Households

There are 8,954 members of households with 5,319 (59%) family and 3,635 (41%) nonfamily household members. There is a total of 5,219 households in this community, with 2,172 family and 551 nonfamily households. Out of all family household (total 2,172) the number with their own children under 18 years that are married-couples equals 262 (12.06%), Male only householder (no wife present) equals 135 (6.22%), and Female only householder (no husband present) equals 318 (14.64%). There are 2,496 single person households with 1,354 (54.25%) male householders and 1,142 (45.75%) female householders. The number of singles (15 years and over) that have never married or married but the spouse is absent (separation, divorce, widowed..) that are male are 1,533 (19%) or that are female are 929 (11%).

Household language(s) include: English ~ 4,628 (88.68%), Spanish ~ 242 (4.64%), other Indo-European languages ~ 239 (4.58%), Asian and Pacific Island languages ~ 101 (1.94%).

The place of birth for the people of this community (total 8,954) are comprised of 8,253 (92.17%) natives or born in the United States and 701 (7.83%) are non-native foreign born. Among those born inside the United States, the number born in state of residence equals 1,325 (14.80%) and the number born in another state in the United States equals 6,779 (75.71%). The part of the United States where the group born in another state includes: Northeast 2,831 (31.62%), Midwest 1,972 (22.02%), South 1,565 (17.48%), West 411 (4.59%). Natives born outside the United States (total 149 (1.66%)) include(s): Puerto Rico 54 (0.60%), born abroad of American parent(s) 95 (1.06%). Non-native foreign born (total 701 (7.83%)) include(s): naturalized citizens 388 (4.33%) and not a citizen 313 (3.50%).