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const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open("GET", "https://api.datacommons.org/stat/value?place=geoId/06&stat_var=Count_Person_Male", false /* async */ );
request.send();

if (request.status == 200) {
  let result = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
  console.log(result);
  document.getElementById("result").innerText = result["value"];
} else {
  console.log("There was an error fetching data.");
}

<p>
  Count_Person_Male in <a href="http://datacommons.org/place?dcid=geoId/06">geoId/06</a>: <span id="result"></span>
</p>