import pandas as pd import numpy as np
raw_data = {'name': ['Willard Morris', 'Al Jennings', 'Omar Mullins', 'Spencer McDaniel'], 'age': [20, 19, 22, 21], 'favorite_color': ['blue', 'red', 'yellow', "green"], 'grade': [88, 92, 95, 70]} df = pd.DataFrame(raw_data, index = ['Willard Morris', 'Al Jennings', 'Omar Mullins', 'Spencer McDaniel']) df
#here is the simplist way to add the new column df['My new column'] = 'default value' df
#if you want to specify the order of the column, you can use insert #here, we are inserting at index 1 (so should be second col in dataframe) df.insert(1, 'My 2nd new column', 'default value 2') df