 Sammamish is also ranked as the 5th safest city in the U.S.In 2007, CNN Money ranked Sammamish as the 11th Best Place to Live in the United States, and subsequently ranked it as #12 in 2009 and #15 in 2011.Sammamish was also ranked the 9th Best Place to Live by MONEY Magazine in 2018

As of the census of 2010, there were 45,780 people, 15,154 households, and 12,918 families living in the city.