Ranking
Densest barangays in Misamis Occidental
Baybay San Roque (Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental) is the most crowded of the 490 barangays in Misamis Occidental: about 36,656 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]
Below are the first 100 of 490 barangays, ordered by people for every km² of land, each with its 2020 count and its change since.
People are counted as of July 1, 2024 (the 2024 Census of Population) and May 1, 2020 (the 2020 Census of Population and Housing), both by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
| Rank | Name | City or municipality | People, 2024 | People, 2020 | Change since 2020 | People per km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baybay San Roque | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 3,398 | 3,358 | +1.2% | about 36,656 |
| 2 | Tinago | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 9,662 | 10,170 | −5.0% | about 19,209 |
| 3 | Baybay Santa Cruz | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 1,589 | 1,724 | −7.8% | about 18,607 |
| 4 | Carmen | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 5,295 | 5,902 | −10.3% | about 17,889 |
| 5 | Baybay Triunfo | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 2,520 | 2,517 | +0.1% | about 16,051 |
| 6 | Taboc Norte | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 2,203 | 2,452 | −10.2% | about 15,964 |
| 7 | Loboc Lower | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,621 | 1,924 | −15.8% | about 14,345 |
| 8 | Langcangan Upper | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 2,901 | 2,806 | +3.4% | about 12,345 |
| 9 | Canubay | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 2,867 | 3,181 | −9.9% | about 10,778 |
| 10 | San Antonio | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 4,392 | 4,049 | +8.5% | about 10,214 |
| 11 | Migcanaway | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 2,671 | 2,649 | +0.8% | about 9,147 |
| 12 | Catadman-Manabay | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 5,887 | 5,804 | +1.4% | about 8,645 |
| 13 | Poblacion I | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 2,124 | 2,121 | +0.1% | about 8,265 |
| 14 | Poblacion IV | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 2,279 | 2,318 | −1.7% | about 8,139 |
| 15 | Layawan | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 768 | 811 | −5.3% | about 7,046 |
| 16 | Ibabao | Aloran, Misamis Occidental | 796 | 795 | +0.1% | about 6,689 |
| 17 | Eastern Looc | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | 1,351 | 1,342 | +0.7% | about 6,464 |
| 18 | Banadero | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 7,692 | 6,878 | +11.8% | about 6,254 |
| 19 | Barangay V - Malubog | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 665 | 964 | −31.0% | about 5,991 |
| 20 | Langcangan Lower | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,305 | 1,401 | −6.9% | about 5,625 |
| 21 | Lam-an | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 2,620 | 2,746 | −4.6% | about 5,610 |
| 22 | Langcangan Proper | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,754 | 1,683 | +4.2% | about 5,568 |
| 23 | Doña Consuelo | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 4,371 | 4,901 | −10.8% | about 5,540 |
| 24 | Poblacion I | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,972 | 2,378 | −17.1% | about 5,478 |
| 25 | Barangay II - Marilou Annex | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 717 | 788 | −9.0% | about 5,432 |
| 26 | Ospital | Aloran, Misamis Occidental | 431 | 522 | −17.4% | about 5,263 |
| 27 | Santa Cruz | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 1,331 | 1,383 | −3.8% | about 5,179 |
| 28 | Poblacion III | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 1,631 | 1,633 | −0.1% | about 5,161 |
| 29 | Naga | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 1,089 | 1,084 | +0.5% | about 4,538 |
| 30 | Cagay-anon | Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental | 1,596 | 1,429 | +11.7% | about 4,483 |
| 31 | Palilan | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 2,250 | 2,182 | +3.1% | about 4,386 |
| 32 | Taraka | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 1,490 | 1,481 | +0.6% | about 4,319 |
| 33 | Maquilao | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 4,058 | 3,891 | +4.3% | about 4,308 |
| 34 | Southern Poblacion | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | 1,674 | 1,847 | −9.4% | about 4,292 |
| 35 | Aguada | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 7,113 | 7,909 | −10.1% | about 4,285 |
| 36 | Poblacion II | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 693 | 676 | +2.5% | about 4,200 |
| 37 | Barangay III- Market Kalubian | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 870 | 908 | −4.2% | about 4,163 |
| 38 | Mantic | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 2,031 | 1,954 | +3.9% | about 4,078 |
| 39 | Barra | Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 1,467 | 1,415 | +3.7% | about 4,030 |
| 40 | Barangay IV - St. Michael | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 989 | 999 | −1.0% | about 3,956 |
| 41 | Maningcol | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 7,027 | 6,960 | +1.0% | about 3,882 |
| 42 | Loboc Upper | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,606 | 1,828 | −12.1% | about 3,815 |
| 43 | Southwestern Poblacion | Calamba, Misamis Occidental | 2,463 | 2,381 | +3.4% | about 3,693 |
| 44 | 50th District | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 581 | 743 | −21.8% | about 3,677 |
| 45 | Centro Upper | Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 785 | 828 | −5.2% | about 3,618 |
| 46 | Malaubang | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 9,421 | 9,125 | +3.2% | about 3,582 |
| 47 | Barangay I - City Hall | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 421 | 517 | −18.6% | about 3,538 |
| 48 | Talairon | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 4,521 | 4,435 | +1.9% | about 3,300 |
| 49 | Lamac Lower | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 3,135 | 3,273 | −4.2% | about 3,252 |
| 50 | Eastern Poblacion | Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental | 3,065 | 2,983 | +2.8% | about 3,035 |
| 51 | Lamac Upper | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,891 | 1,836 | +3.0% | about 3,021 |
| 52 | Nacional | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 1,912 | 1,865 | +2.5% | about 3,006 |
| 53 | Cabol-anonan | Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 1,804 | 1,768 | +2.0% | about 2,987 |
| 54 | Centro Napu | Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 1,743 | 1,741 | +0.1% | about 2,924 |
| 55 | Northern Poblacion | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | 832 | 953 | −12.7% | about 2,899 |
| 56 | Maloro | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 2,738 | 3,297 | −17.0% | about 2,791 |
| 57 | Lapasan | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 4,411 | 4,813 | −8.4% | about 2,657 |
| 58 | Taboc Sur | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 2,487 | 2,603 | −4.5% | about 2,487 |
| 59 | Gata Diot | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 749 | 635 | +18.0% | about 2,432 |
| 60 | Sebac | Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 1,417 | 1,397 | +1.4% | about 2,426 |
| 61 | Southern Looc | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | 1,692 | 1,597 | +6.0% | about 2,373 |
| 62 | Northern Poblacion | Baliangao, Misamis Occidental | 1,025 | 1,133 | −9.5% | about 2,288 |
| 63 | Dalisay | Aloran, Misamis Occidental | 543 | 600 | −9.5% | about 2,235 |
| 64 | Punta | Panaon, Misamis Occidental | 1,482 | 1,562 | −5.1% | about 2,232 |
| 65 | Poblacion II | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 986 | 1,334 | −26.1% | about 2,196 |
| 66 | Dela Paz | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 1,748 | 1,420 | +23.1% | about 2,047 |
| 67 | Silanga | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 1,963 | 1,982 | −1.0% | about 2,030 |
| 68 | Mialen | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 3,281 | 3,241 | +1.2% | about 2,025 |
| 69 | Gango | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 6,648 | 6,669 | −0.3% | about 2,008 |
| 70 | Don Bernardo Nery Pob. | Calamba, Misamis Occidental | 4,117 | 4,179 | −1.5% | about 1,970 |
| 71 | Barangay VI - Lower Polao | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 1,099 | 1,079 | +1.9% | about 1,962 |
| 72 | Centro Hulpa | Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 657 | 746 | −11.9% | about 1,955 |
| 73 | Talic | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 3,433 | 3,669 | −6.4% | about 1,951 |
| 74 | Carangan | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 5,160 | 4,941 | +4.4% | about 1,933 |
| 75 | Virayan | Concepcion, Misamis Occidental | 213 | 435 | −51.0% | about 1,885 |
| 76 | Lao Proper | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | 1,199 | 1,008 | +19.0% | about 1,882 |
| 77 | Tabo-o | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 3,211 | 3,488 | −7.9% | about 1,804 |
| 78 | Butuay | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 2,213 | 2,113 | +4.7% | about 1,785 |
| 79 | Pan-ay | Clarin, Misamis Occidental | 2,606 | 2,599 | +0.3% | about 1,761 |
| 80 | Molicay | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 4,149 | 3,811 | +8.9% | about 1,714 |
| 81 | Solinog | Calamba, Misamis Occidental | 1,680 | 1,881 | −10.7% | about 1,680 |
| 82 | Baybay | Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental | 1,308 | 1,339 | −2.3% | about 1,677 |
| 83 | San Vicente Bajo | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 1,677 | 1,771 | −5.3% | about 1,660 |
| 84 | Gata | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 956 | 644 | +48.5% | about 1,640 |
| 85 | Bongbong | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 3,097 | 2,634 | +17.6% | about 1,630 |
| 86 | Bagakay | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 5,110 | 4,959 | +3.0% | about 1,587 |
| 87 | Corrales | Jimenez, Misamis Occidental | 1,391 | 1,309 | +6.3% | about 1,577 |
| 88 | Sinonoc | Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental | 3,226 | 3,047 | +5.9% | about 1,544 |
| 89 | Northern Poblacion | Calamba, Misamis Occidental | 1,662 | 1,684 | −1.3% | about 1,539 |
| 90 | Lorenzo Tan | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 2,941 | 2,811 | +4.6% | about 1,532 |
| 91 | Garang | Tangub City, Misamis Occidental | 2,076 | 1,876 | +10.7% | about 1,504 |
| 92 | Poblacion | Panaon, Misamis Occidental | 1,701 | 1,678 | +1.4% | about 1,492 |
| 93 | Western Poblacion | Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental | 1,926 | 1,802 | +6.9% | about 1,482 |
| 94 | Looc Proper | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | 1,920 | 1,909 | +0.6% | about 1,466 |
| 95 | Taguima | Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 1,015 | 1,014 | +0.1% | about 1,465 |
| 96 | Dulapo | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 837 | 787 | +6.4% | about 1,458 |
| 97 | Labo | Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental | 4,023 | 3,586 | +12.2% | about 1,458 |
| 98 | Poblacion | Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental | 1,811 | 1,804 | +0.4% | about 1,415 |
| 99 | Pines | Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental | 3,406 | 3,367 | +1.2% | about 1,390 |
| 100 | Usocan | Plaridel, Misamis Occidental | 2,404 | 2,364 | +1.7% | about 1,390 |
Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. A barangay has no official area: Scene measures the area inside its border on UN OCHA's map, so its density is approximate. A barangay with no mapped border is not ranked.
Sources
Every count here is the PSA's own, for the place as the PSA names it today. The change and the order are Scene's arithmetic on those counts. How Scene works out the rest.
- 1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
- 2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
- 3.Philippine Statistics Authority, from the Land Management Bureau (DENR). Population, Land Area, Population Density, and Percent Change in Population Density by Region, Province/Highly Urbanized City, and City/Municipality: 2015, 2020, and 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0221A6DLPD0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
- 4.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.
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