@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from pandas import (
 DataFrame,
+Index,
 Series,
 Timestamp,
 )
@@ -441,6 +442,25 @@ def test_dictionary_color(self):
 colors = [rect.get_color() for rect in ax.get_lines()[0:2]]
 assert all(color == expected[index] for index, color in enumerate(colors))
 
+def test_bar_plot(self):
+# GH38947
+# Test bar plot with string and int index
+from matplotlib.text import Text
+
+expected = [Text(0, 0, "0"), Text(1, 0, "Total")]
+
+df = DataFrame(
+{
+"a": [1, 2],
+},
+index=Index([0, "Total"]),
+)
+plot_bar = df.plot.bar()
+assert all(
+(a.get_text() == b.get_text())
+for a, b in zip(plot_bar.get_xticklabels(), expected)
+)
+
 def test_has_externally_shared_axis_x_axis(self):
 # GH33819
 # Test _has_externally_shared_axis() works for x-axis