Pandas dtype Python type NumPy type Usage
object str string_, unicode_ Text
int64 int int_, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64 Integer numbers
float64 float float_, float16, float32, float64 Floating point numbers
bool bool bool_ True/False values
datetime64 NA datetime64[ns] Date and time values
timedelta[ns] NA NA Differences between two datetimes
category NA NA Finite list of text values