They asked my salary range, what should I say? (update)

I have been out of work for 16 weeks and feel pressure to accept less. I would rather hear the honest version than the polite one. I looked up ranges in Knoxville and they vary a lot. What did you say?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 3 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.