Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases! discount-offer-chevron-icon
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required.
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Matplotlib 2.x By Example

You're reading from   Matplotlib 2.x By Example Multi-dimensional charts, graphs, and plots in Python

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788295260
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Authors (3):
Arrow left icon
Allen Yu Allen Yu
Author Profile Icon Allen Yu
Allen Yu
Aldrin Yim Aldrin Yim
Author Profile Icon Aldrin Yim
Aldrin Yim
Claire Chung Claire Chung
Author Profile Icon Claire Chung
Claire Chung
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Visualizing univariate distribution

Seaborn makes the task of visualizing the distribution of a dataset much easier. Starting with the population data as discussed before, let's see how it distributes among different countries in 2017 by plotting a bar plot:

import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


# Extract USA population data in 2017
current_population = population_df[(population_df.Location
== 'United States of America') &
(population_df.Time == 2017) &
(population_df.Sex != 'Both')]

# Population Bar chart
sns.barplot(x="AgeGrp",y="Value", hue="Sex", data = current_population)

# Use Matplotlib functions to label axes rotate tick labels
ax = plt.gca()
ax.set(xlabel="Age Group", ylabel="Population...
lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime
Banner background image