How do I add items to an array in jQuery?

var list = [];
$.getJSON("json.js", function(data) {
    $.each(data, function(i, item) {
        console.log(item.text);
        list.push(item.text);
    });
});
console.log(list.length);

list.length always returns 0. I've browsed the JSON in firebug and it's well formed and everything looks fine. I just can't seem to add an item to the array what am I missing?