DEAP's ga tutorial dealing with one max problem using numpy ndarray for a container of an individual.

onemax_numpy.py

import random
import numpy

from deap import algorithms
from deap import base
from deap import creator
from deap import tools

creator.create("FitnessMax", base.Fitness, weights=(1.0,))
creator.create("Individual", numpy.ndarray, fitness=creator.FitnessMax)

toolbox = base.Toolbox()

toolbox.register("attr_bool", random.randint, 0, 1)
toolbox.register("individual", tools.initRepeat, creator.Individual, toolbox.attr_bool, n=100)
toolbox.register("population", tools.initRepeat, list, toolbox.individual)

def evalOneMax(individual):
    return sum(individual),

def cxTwoPointCopy(ind1, ind2):
    size = len(ind1)
    cxpoint1 = random.randint(1, size)
    cxpoint2 = random.randint(1, size - 1)
    if cxpoint2 >= cxpoint1:
        cxpoint2 += 1
    else: # Swap the two cx points
        cxpoint1, cxpoint2 = cxpoint2, cxpoint1

    ind1[cxpoint1:cxpoint2], ind2[cxpoint1:cxpoint2] = ind2[cxpoint1:cxpoint2].copy(), ind1[cxpoint1:cxpoint2].copy()
        
    return ind1, ind2
    
    
toolbox.register("evaluate", evalOneMax)
toolbox.register("mate", cxTwoPointCopy)
toolbox.register("mutate", tools.mutFlipBit, indpb=0.05)
toolbox.register("select", tools.selTournament, tournsize=3)

def main():
    random.seed(64)
    
    pop = toolbox.population(n=300)
    
    hof = tools.HallOfFame(1, similar=numpy.array_equal)
    
    stats = tools.Statistics(lambda ind: ind.fitness.values)
    stats.register("avg", numpy.mean)
    stats.register("std", numpy.std)
    stats.register("min", numpy.min)
    stats.register("max", numpy.max)
    
    algorithms.eaSimple(pop, toolbox, cxpb=0.5, mutpb=0.2, ngen=40, stats=stats,halloffame=hof)

    return pop, stats, hof

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()