Barangay San Francisco

Barangay San Francisco forms part of Alicia, a municipality in Isabela, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, Barangay San Francisco had a population of 1,362. This made it the 25th largest of 34 barangays in Alicia by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay San Francisco accounted for approximately 1.84% of the total population of Alicia, which stood at 73,874 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay San Francisco changed from 1,383 to 1,362, a shift of -1.5% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with broadly stable populations in Alicia. The Philippine Statistics Authority classifies Barangay San Francisco as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Alicia is a municipality comprising 34 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay San Francisco, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Isabela, which contains 1,055 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay San Francisco ranks 473rd by 2020 population. Isabela is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

The barangay's legislative and executive affairs are handled by a Punong Barangay and the Sangguniang Barangay, elected nationwide during the Barangay and SK Elections. The next BSKE is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, following the synchronized election schedule set by COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.