Another option you can go with here:
df.loc["Total", "MyColumn"] = df.MyColumn.sum()
# X MyColumn Y Z
#0 A 84.0 13.0 69.0
#1 B 76.0 77.0 127.0
#2 C 28.0 69.0 16.0
#3 D 28.0 28.0 31.0
#4 E 19.0 20.0 85.0
#5 F 84.0 193.0 70.0
#Total NaN 319.0 NaN NaN
You can also use append() method:
df.append(pd.DataFrame(df.MyColumn.sum(), index = ["Total"], columns=["MyColumn"]))
Update:
In case you need to append sum for all numeric columns, you can do one of the followings:
Use append to do this in a functional manner (doesn't change the original data frame):
# select numeric columns and calculate the sums
sums = df.select_dtypes(pd.np.number).sum().rename('total')
# append sums to the data frame
df.append(sums)
# X MyColumn Y Z
#0 A 84.0 13.0 69.0
#1 B 76.0 77.0 127.0
#2 C 28.0 69.0 16.0
#3 D 28.0 28.0 31.0
#4 E 19.0 20.0 85.0
#5 F 84.0 193.0 70.0
#total NaN 319.0 400.0 398.0
Use loc to mutate data frame in place:
df.loc['total'] = df.select_dtypes(pd.np.number).sum()
df
# X MyColumn Y Z
#0 A 84.0 13.0 69.0
#1 B 76.0 77.0 127.0
#2 C 28.0 69.0 16.0
#3 D 28.0 28.0 31.0
#4 E 19.0 20.0 85.0
#5 F 84.0 193.0 70.0
#total NaN 638.0 800.0 796.0