Laurel, MD -- U.S. city in Maryland Population (2000): 19960 Housing Units (2000): 9506 Land area (2000): 3.780148 sq. miles (9.790539 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.025777 sq. miles (0.066763 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.805925 sq. miles (9.857302 sq. km) FIPS code: 45900 Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24 Location: 39.098258 N, 76.859093 W ZIP Codes (1990): 20707 20723 20724 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Laurel, MD Laurel