North Laurel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The published population was 25,379 at the 2020 census. North Laurel is adjacent to the City of Laurel, which is located across the Patuxent River in Prince George's County.
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Geography
North Laurel is located in the southern corner of Howard County at (39.134343, −76.862690). It is bordered to the north by Savage and Columbia, to the west by Scaggsville, to the south in Prince George's County by the city of Laurel, and to the southeast in Anne Arundel County by Maryland City. The southern boundary of the CDP is defined by the Patuxent River, which is also the Howard County/Prince George's County line.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the North Laurel CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.6%, is water. (these area measurements differ from those initially published by the Census Bureau.