Barangay San Pascual

Situated in Santa Rita, Samar, Barangay San Pascual is one of 38 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay San Pascual had a population of 1,003. This made it the 19th largest of 38 barangays in Santa Rita by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay San Pascual accounted for approximately 2.37% of the total population of Santa Rita, which stood at 42,384 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay San Pascual changed from 851 to 1,003, a shift of +17.9% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Santa Rita. Barangay San Pascual is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Santa Rita is a municipality comprising 38 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay San Pascual, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Samar, which contains 951 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay San Pascual ranks 236th by 2020 population. Samar 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.