Read Census Data via Python

getCensusJSON.py

import json,urllib,cairoplot

url='http://thedataweb.rm.census.gov/data/2010/sf1?key={YOUR_KEY_HERE}&get=P0010001,NAME&for=county:025,017,061,165&in=state:39'
result=json.load(urllib.urlopen(url))

graphData=[]
graphLabels=[]


for row in result:
    print row[1],row[0],'\n'
    if(result.index(row)>0):
        graphData.append(int(row[0]))
        graphLabels.append(row[1])

cairoplot.vertical_bar_plot('C:\\temp\\test.png',graphData,600,450,grid=True,x_labels=graphLabels)