Barangay Ricoro

Situated in City of Gingoog, Misamis Oriental, Barangay Ricoro is one of 79 barangays that make up the city within Northern Mindanao.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Ricoro had a population of 564. This made it the 59th largest of 79 barangays in City of Gingoog by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the city. Residents of Barangay Ricoro accounted for approximately 0.41% of the total population of City of Gingoog, which stood at 136,698 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Ricoro changed from 477 to 564, a shift of +18.2% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in City of Gingoog. Barangay Ricoro is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Gingoog is a city comprising 79 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Ricoro, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Misamis Oriental, which contains 504 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Ricoro ranks 375th by 2020 population. Misamis Oriental 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.