Where is the largest concentration of Latvian speakers outside of Latvia?
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"On the latest estimate from the Bank of Latvia some 70,000 Latvians, or around 6% of the labour force, are currently working abroad - mostly in the UK and Ireland - but the true number is very likely considerably higher (IMF Selected Issues Latvia 2006, for example, puts the figure at nearer 100,000)."
This doesn't tell you what percentage of the immigrants are Latvian speakers, however. Those numbers could be highly skewed due to the relatively low percentage(60%) of Latvians who speak Latvian.
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My own eyes....
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The largest concentration of Latvian speakers outside of Latvia is in the US with 50,000 speakers. Russia at 29,000 comes in 2nd, Australia with 25,000 comes in 3rd, and Canada with 15,000 comes in 4th. There are additional smaller communities of speakers in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Lithuania, Ukraine, Brazil, Estonian, Belarus, New Zealand, and Venezuela.
According to the UCLA Language Materials Program, Latvia itself is thought to have 1.7 million speakers.
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=40&menu=004 UCLA Language Materials Center entry on Latvian.
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Your source is reputable but it's sources are pretty old and are encyclopedia's etc which are probably using even older data. Since immigrant groups in America tend to lose their native language over time the numbers are probably lower now. They missed the whole emigration to western European countries thing because it is recent due to the changes in European laws. I don't think we'll know for sure on this question.
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I like your research. The UCLA Language Materials Center seems to have totally left out Ireland. Note though that not all Latvians speak Latvian as a first language so even 35,000 Latvians working in Ireland, would be less actual native language Latvian speakers. Also the US at 50,000 speakers regarding the original question of the poster, would still be the highest. It is true that UCLA could have an American bias and be really old data, for instance none of their references are more current than 1994.