They asked my salary range, what should I say? - any advice?

I have been out of work for 6 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. I am in St. Louis, in case local advice matters. I looked up ranges in St. Louis and they vary a lot. What did you say?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 11 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.