Barangay Personas

Barangay Personas forms part of City of Calapan, a city in Oriental Mindoro, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Personas had a population of 1,635. This made it the 35th largest of 62 barangays in City of Calapan by population, placing it in the middle tier of the city. Residents of Barangay Personas accounted for approximately 1.12% of the total population of City of Calapan, which stood at 145,786 in the same census year.

Census comparisons between 2015 and 2020 show Barangay Personas moving from 1,405 residents to 1,635 residents, an intercensal change of +16.4%. The trajectory indicates a growing community. Barangay Personas is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Calapan is a city comprising 62 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Personas, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Oriental Mindoro, which contains 426 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Personas ranks 232nd by 2020 population. Oriental Mindoro is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Like every Philippine barangay, Barangay Personas is led by an elected Punong Barangay (barangay captain) supported by seven Sangguniang Barangay members (kagawads), an SK Chairperson, a Barangay Secretary, and a Barangay Treasurer. The next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) are scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, with officials serving four-year terms under Republic Act No. 12232.